Girl with a lap-full of Burrowing Owls. Now, how does one happen to find oneself in such a delightful predicament? Well, it was 2007 and I had applied to a field position ("bird job" if you wanna use the cool insider ...

Photos by author. From Sarasota, I took the bridge to Lido Key, one of multiple barrier islands that line the west coast of the state of Florida. Following the sounds of the seabirds I walked out onto the grainy, off-white ...

I adore kitties. They’re sleek, beautiful, intelligent and still just about as completely wild as they were before humans ever made their acquaintance. Cats are built for agility and speed and have the patience and focus to creep up on and ...

They thrive in our cities, taking over the sidewalks and filling the trees, these hardy species will do anything for a crumb or two to subsist among the human masses. As the summer wears on, for those of us who ...

Ah, the Fourth of July. It is nearly upon us and with it we begin to hear the familiar pop, pop, pop of fire crackers grow louder and more incessant as the that fateful night grows nigh. When I was ...

A Celebration of Pollinators, by Stacey M. Hollis via @stacebird Brush up on pollinators and their benefits to humans, nature and the environment: Brush up for Pollinator Week! ...

The book is Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock by Stephen W. Kress and Derrick Z. Jackson As a "Puffineer" of three seasons working on puffin nesting islands, this is a book that ...

On Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge last summer, while working for Audubon's Project Puffin monitoring seabird nesting colonies, five of us researchers were relaxing on the porch of our cabin before heading back out to the colony to conduct afternoon ...

As a proud, newly minted member of the Wild Lens team, I'd like to introduce myself: Hello! I'm Stacey Hollis, I'll be contributing to the Wild Lens blog with stories from the field in a multimedia-mashup of photography, videography and text ...