A neighbor had been hearing some strange sounds for more than a day; she was pretty sure they were bird calls and asked if I would come check it out. As I walked toward her house, I heard it, too, ...

The evidence is usually obvious. A pile of brown feathers indicates a mourning dove. Red feathers mean cardinal. Yellow suggests a goldfinch. Whenever I find a bunch of feathers in the yard, I’m ...

The woman at the opposite end of the phone line was — well, she was hysterical. Absolutely enraged, and that’s putting it mildly. Whenever she’d pause to take a breath, I’d seize the opportunity to ...