Archimedes Notebook

Last week it was the Wibbly. This week it’s wiggly, squiggly salamanders. I knew I would love this book the moment I saw the cover, and I wa...

 When my kids were young, we set up a bird feeder and tacked the bird identification poster on the wall. We loaded a steel garbage can with ...

As summer comes to an end, I’ve noticed tons of butterflies flitting around my garden and along the roadside: Monarchs, cabbage butterflies,...

Archimedes Notebook is taking a break from book reviews for a few weeks so I can spend this summer being a curious naturalist. I...

You're Invited to a Moth Ball: A Nighttime Insect Celebration  by Loree Burns; illus by Ellen Harasimowicz 40 pages; ages 5 - 8 Cha...

Winter is coming and it’s the perfect time to watch birds ~ birds at the feeder, birds hanging around the park, birds creeping up and...

Great Blue Heron, by Scott Kinsey Wherever you live – city, suburbs, country – birds around you are constructing their nests and raisin...

Evening Grosbeak by GBBC participant Ted Schroeder, Oregon This weekend is for the birds! The 22nd Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC)  hap...

The annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count is starting next week. Here's two books to inspire young readers - and potential bird-counting c...

Photo by D. Brezinski, USFWS (Public Domain) If you've followed this blog for a while, you know that I count native bees and other ...

Something Rotten, A Fresh Look at Roadkill by Heather L. Montgomery; illus. by Kevin O'Malley 176 pages; ages 9-11 Bloomsbury Child...

Common Redpoll, photo by Missy Mandel (used with permission) Time to get up, shake the dust off, and head outside (or to the big picture...

  Audubon's 118th annual Christmas Bird Count will happen this coming season beginning tomorrow (December 14) and going through Friday...

Downy Woodpecker by Errol Taskin/ Project FeederWatch Hang a feeder in our yard and here’s who shows up to nosh on the goodies: blu...

Walking through town the other day I saw some trees blooming. Even my forsythia is blooming again. It's October! Granted, we've h...