+5 Lake Magazine North America's Best Singer: Brown Thrasher Facts Revealed Kenneth Boone Updated Oct 24, 2025 2 min to read Most people wouldn’t guess it, but the secretive Brown Thrasher is the most accomplished singing bird in North America, able to make thousands…
+4 Nature Of The Lake Featured Bonaparte's Gull Kenneth Boone Kenneth Boone Mar 23, 2025 Flocks of white gulls show up on Lake Martin during the winter months to feed on schools of minnows that rise to the surface. The larger birds…
+3 Nature Of The Lake Greater Yellowlegs Kenneth Boone Feb 26, 2025 With so much water in our area, it’s not surprising that Greater Yellowlegs shorebirds would visit or even winter along Lake Martin’s shorelin…
+8 Nature Of The Lake Editor's Pick Wind Creek State Park hosts Birdfest Betsy Iler Jan 11, 2025 Bird watchers at Lake Martin spent a day last month immersed in education at Wind Creek State Park’s inaugural Legacy Birdfest event, sponsore…
+4 Nature Of The Lake American Goldfinch Kenneth Boone Kenneth Boone Aug 27, 2024 If you see a bright yellow flash in the fields around Lake Martin, there’s a good chance you’ve just glimpsed an American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis.
+3 Nature Of The Lake Editor's Pick Red-winged Blackbird Kenneth Boone Kenneth Boone Updated Aug 5, 2025 One of the most distinctive bird calls in our area is made by the Red-winged Blackbird. It’s usually written as “conk-la-lee!” or “o-ka-leeee!…
+7 Nature Of The Lake Featured Green Heron Kenneth Boone Kenneth Boone Aug 30, 2023 Green Herons are little jewels on our shoreline.
News Featured Taking flight in Eclectic: Raptor Ridge provides to learn about raptors up close Cliff Williams Updated Aug 8, 2025 Valerie Castanza didn’t imagine she would be working with raptors when she started to volunteer at the Montgomery Zoo almost two decades ago.
News Featured Taking flight in Eclectic: Raptor Ridge provides to learn about raptors up close Cliff Williams Jul 10, 2023 Valerie Castanza didn’t imagine she would be working with raptors when she started to volunteer at the Montgomery Zoo almost two decades ago.
+2 Nature Of The Lake Blue Jays Kenneth Boone Kenneth Boone Updated Aug 5, 2025 Blue Jays are backyard celebrities – loud and active – with show-off colors. If they had thumbs, they’d probably post selfies on Instagram.
