In early morning at Little Swamp Sanctuary in western Midland County, we can see the far shore of the wetland, almost one half mile away, through a path of trimmed open space where we have a seep or ...

Each day, we view the swamp from an overlook that Joe built which we call “The Hide." This name came from his tours in England, where they typically use the word "hide" for a small bird watching ...

WILBURN -- A small crowd has gathered on a cold, overcast Monday morning in the gravel parking lot of a little lake on Hiram Road in Cleburne County. They have come to see trumpeter swans, and the ...

Nearly three decades ago on a chill, still December afternoon, I watched three majestic trumpeter swans touch down in a Chesapeake salt marsh.

A trumpeter swan soars through the sky, its wings outstretched and backlit by the sun, rendered iridescent. It descends and skids onto a shallow pool of wetland waters. Beautiful! The only swan native ...