Louisiana Naturalist

“First of Season” or “FOS” is a notation in a birdwatcher’s records that highlights when migratory birds return from their winter vacations....

Yesterday, I traded a pair of navy slacks for a new perspective on nature. Thankfully, there were no other humans around to happen upon me w...

Here is proof that sometimes it does snow in Louisiana. These images were taken at Walter B. Jacobs Memorial Nature Park in Shreveport, Loui...

The woods are never completely silent. On cold winter days, you won’t hear buzzes or clicks of insects, or the flute-like song of a wood thr...

The breeding song of the Spring Peeper heralds the spring… in Vermont! Here in Louisiana, peepers fill the December night with song. Just as...

High in an old pine tree, in an old woodpecker hole, a southern flying squirrel lies huddled with his family. He wakes to a reveille of sile...

Let me see if I can illustrate this scene for you… 1:05 p.m. Two men drive into the nature park, pass the parking lot and park directly in f...