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Featured Critter – Northern Flicker
Northern Flickers, one of our local woodpeckers, are often seen hopping around on the ground or up in trees searching for insects. In addition, they will come to feeders for suet or peanut butter. These birds are brown overall with a pattern of black spots, bars, and crescents. Males have a red mustache. You can…


PEEC’s 2023 Science Fair Award Recipients
Read about PEEC’s 2023 science fair awards, with descriptions of the projects.


My Rare Red Breasted Robins
In the Spring of 2022, I had a very rare observation of a pair of RedBreasted Robins rearing their family’s two broods right on the front porch of our home ‘Srinivas’.


Featured Critter – Bobcat
This medium-sized cat is a native of North America. It is best known for its black-tipped bobbed tail and ruffs of hair beneath the ears. The bobcat hunts from dusk to midnight and then again from dawn to sunrise. It can take prey up to the size of a rabbit. Bobcats are solitary and territorial….