As a big fan of easy-to-identify trees, I was happy to see chestnut oak while hiking Mt. Agamenticus last week. I usually rely upon leaves to identify most tree species, so winter tree identification ...

A tiny, fast-moving warbler is always a challenge for birders to identify. Look for chestnut streaks on the bird’s sides to know for sure whether you’ve spotted a chestnut-sided warbler. Males have a ...

Chestnut trees began disappearing from eastern deciduous forests in the U.S. almost a century ago due to a nasty fungus. That has contributed to a vastly different eastern forest landscape today. A ...