Tree TopicsYoung flowers of a female ginkgo. Q: I have a female ginkgo tree and my (lucky) next-door neighbor has two males. A new ginkgo has self-planted itself in a nice spot in the front yard.

During summer in Mid-Missouri, we have no less than eight sparrow species nesting here before wintering far south. They include grasshopper, Henslow's vesper, savannah, song, lark, field and ...

Once female ginkgo trees reach maturity after about 20 years, they begin growing a seed with exposed flesh. These naked seeds fall from the tree in large quantities.

American Tree Sparrows typically live in northern forests and visit feeders only in winter across southern Canada and Northern united States. Many times, they will scratch for millet underneath ...

Yet, the Bernville Christmas Bird Count, held on Jan. 4, also failed to record a tree sparrow. The Hamburg Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 30 was the only Berks count to report tree sparrows with seven.