Chasing Nature

Chasing Nature

Chasing Nature caters to birdwatchers, plant enthusiasts, and everyone who enjoys exploring the outdoors, whether from their backyards or from the comfort of their homes. It appeals to nature lovers, creative thinkers, outdoor photographers, and anyone looking to find solace in nature and reflect on human experiences.

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  • 1 week ago | chasingnature.substack.com | Bryan Pfeiffer

    As Israel and Iran went to war, the vireo sang his melody from a Silver Maple in my yard. He sang through news of a plane crashing in India. And he continued to sing the morning a deranged man shot to death public servants in the U.S. state of Minnesota. But let’s be honest about the Red-eyed Vireo: As songbirds go, this isn’t exactly an icon of charisma or even respite in times of terror. Lots of birdwatchers regard the Red-eyed Vireo, cast in muted olive, as bland or pedestrian.

  • 2 weeks ago | chasingnature.substack.com | Bryan Pfeiffer

    Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -40:12Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. In its enchanting song, the Black-faced Solitaire stops the world from spinning too fast. So listen for this songbird — and perhaps stick around for insights on nature, harmony, conservation, hope, gadgets, and writing on Substack.

  • 1 month ago | chasingnature.substack.com | Bryan Pfeiffer

    TWENTY-TWO years ago, when things were about to go really bad in the prairie, I had a brush with extinction. No, not my own demise, but rather the prospective oblivion of a little butterfly named Poweshiek Skipperling (Oarisma poweshiek). We met on a sunny day in a wet prairie fen in southern Michigan. Rather than float or flutter like most butterflies, skipperlings dart and scurry.

  • 1 month ago | chasingnature.substack.com | Bryan Pfeiffer

    Color, music, flight, and grace mingle in the lives of birds. But few birds pull it off like warblers. What’s a warbler? The standard definition is: a small, vocal, colorful, migratory bird in the family Parulidae. But this is an injustice to warblers. So here’s my definition:war•bler | ˈwôrb(ə)lər |noun(1) A force of nature, like gravity or chocolate or lovemaking, like harmony or a sunset or a shooting star.

  • 1 month ago | chasingnature.substack.com | Bryan Pfeiffer

    IN THIS ERA of lies and hyperbole, here is a bird truly worthy of its superlatives: robust, dazzling, theatrical.