More winter twigs... Left to Right - black oak ( Quercus velutina ), bitternut hickory ( Carya cordiformis ), tuliptree ( Liriodendron tul...

For the past 7 or so years I have enjoyed surveying for and learning about freshwater mussels, one of the most interesting and at-risk gro...

Here is a trio of winter oak twigs white ( Q. alba ), black ( Q. velutina ) and bur ( Q. macrocarpa )

A common sight on the forest floor in the fall months, black walnut ( Juglans nigra ) nut pieces.

Zanthozylem americanum or prickley-ash is a native midwestern shrub.

Two common trees that produce noticeable flowers... On top northern catalpa ( Catalpa speciosa ) and below yellow poplar ( Liriodendron t...

I illustrated these three non-game native Illinois fish for a great little magazine called The Illinois Steward , the images appeared ...

Here are some recent field notes from a morning spent banding birds with Julie West

Here are some more botanical illustrations in colored pencil. The top one is of a Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir ( Pseudotsuga menziesii va...

OK, so my firs blog worked and the image even appeared! The above image is dedicated to my new home state - Ohio. The image is again i...