02.19.2013 News River otter pups born overnight at L.I. Aquarium The Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead closes during most overnight hours — but nature doesn’t stop. That was apparent Saturday morning, when staffers discovered four newborn North American river...
12.16.2012 News What are those ghostly looking deer? What are those ghostly looking deer? The answer is piebald deer, the name given to a small number of rare animals that appear two-toned in color. Hunters and conservationists...
11.18.2012 News Reader Photo: Bald eagle moves to Colonel’s Island Flanders resident Tarah Sabbatino has a new neighbor. Over the past couple weeks she said she kept spotting what she thought might be a bald eagle in the osprey’s...
03.11.2012 News Nest box program aims to bring bluebirds back to the North Fork With a bit of help, the beautiful and melodic, but unfortunately uncommon, Eastern bluebird might make a North Fork comeback. Anyone interested in lending a hand can learn how...
01.06.2012 News Q&A: Stoutenburghs reflect on 50 years of writing nature column It is, by all accounts, one of the longest running acts on Long Island’s North Fork. For 50 years — since 1961, when John F. Kennedy occupied the White...
01.04.2012 Community After 50 years, Stoutenburghs write final ‘Focus on Nature’ Five decades after penning their first “Focus on Nature” column for Times/Review Newsgroup, Paul and Barbara Stoutenburgh are calling it a career. Times/Review president Troy Gustavson sat down with...
01.04.2012 News Audobon Society bird count turns up some unusual finds This year’s Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count, held on New Years Eve, turned up large numbers of southern birds that have usually migrated long before the end of December,...
11.02.2011 Uncategorized Focus on Nature: (Almost) around the world in 80 months These past few weeks we have reviewed our travels together in many parts of the world. This week finishes up those travels and next week we will return to...
