Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I spent too much time this past weekend trying to get a great action shot of the red-winged blackbirds at my neighbor’s pond. You ...

The plant: Where I grew up in Connecticut, cattails edged ponds where I’d watch salamanders gliding just under the water’s surface. Each fall, along with dried corn stalks and burnt-orange pumpkins, ...

When it comes to cattails, I thought I had the subject pretty well covered. I had led many field trips to cattail marshes and conducted wetland seminars on the subject. And yet, totally by accident, I ...

I spent too much time this past weekend trying to get a great action shot of the red-winged blackbirds at my neighbor’s pond. You know how sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees? In this ...