You know Spring is around the corner when the days get longer and the temperatures rise. While the weather has pleasantly been warm this year so far, perhaps my favorite harbinger of Spring is the ...

ARKANSAS — “Why is it you like hunting timberdoodles?” a friend asked me. “You wear yourself out wading through mud and vines, hoping to find some little brown birds that may be there and may not. And ...

ST. CHARLES — Two-year-old Nathan Jones laughed as he fed straw to a cow today at the annual Timberdoodle Festival. Jones, the son of Tracy Jones of Hemlock, was one of many children and adults who ...

You probably don’t think This used to be a tree every time you look at the cardboard sleeve on your to-go coffee cup or even the door to your bedroom. Wood products are such a pervasive part of modern ...

I remember being nervous in high school as I waited to be asked to the Valentine’s day “sweetheart” dance. Not being asked was my girlfriends subtle way of setting me free. I spent the evening with a ...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge dismissed a demand by the American Anti-Vivisection Society that the U.S. Department of Agriculture protect the timberdoodle, a woodcock that is “the world’s slowest ...

WELLS — In early spring, just before dawn or just after sunset, if you’re in an landscape of field and young forest, listen for the unique sounds of the American woodcock. This migratory bird is a ...

April is the month of the timberdoodle. One of the finest traditions of natural history is the annual April evening visit to its haunts to watch the flight and listen to the flight song of the ...

Embrace spring with a symposium on native plants, a bike ride, a bike swap meet, a litter pickup at a neighborhood wetland or a search for funky timberdoodles. Or see if your picture will be posted at ...