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To more easily identify birds, columnist Thom Smith recommends his favorite book "The Sibley Guide to Birds."

Columnist Thom Smith answers readers questions regarding the lack of cedar waxwings in the area; about bluebirds staying the winter and explains how fish survive under the ice during the

NatureWatch columnist Thom Smith tackles a variety of reader questions and topics, ranging from cluster flies to horsehair worms.

Of the many dozens of bird books that I have read, skimmed, purchased or borrowed over 60 or so years, no one has inspired me more than Peter Cavanagh and

Don’t let the vine deceive you, it is a killer! The vine grows up on anything it can find, from fences to telephone poles. As it grows, it wraps itself

In this weeks NatureWatch, columnist Thom Smith answers readers questions about songbirds, suet and planting butterfly gardens.

/PRNewswire/ -- Today, Astral Power, a leading renewable energy company in the northeast, announced its partnership with Dichotomy Power to manage two...

/PRNewswire/ -- Today, Astral Power, a leading renewable energy company in the northeast, announced its partnership with Dichotomy Power to manage two...

Snowbirds are arriving earlier and earlier each year. In this weeks Naturewatch, columnist Thom Smith reports how the dark-eyed Junco has already has already been spotted in the Berkshires. According

Several Naturewatch readers have contacted me about the loud, prolonged trilling coming from suspected nearby trees without finding the cause. The long "explosive" trills are mating calls of the 2