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As you read yesterday Will and I had a marvelous morning (and early afternoon) of birding in the north country on Saturday. Driving back through the Adirondacks we saw a pair of Hooded Mergansers in open water in the town of Saranac Lake. Other than that we didn’t really see anything interesting on [...]

The Adirondack Mountains have long fascinated me. There are some seriously deep woods up there where bears roam and people are scarce. Winters are harsh with below zero temperatures the norm rather than the exception and snow that may not melt until May. This winter is even more interesting than most for [...]

with the second edition of this new carnival of ecology presented by Perceiving Wholes.

There are sulphur-colored birds, and hideous intestines
hanging over the doors of houses that I hate
– Pablo Neruda, Walking Around
Depending on the direction towards which your inner compass points, the word sulphur might conjure images of the Periodic Table of Elements, lit matches, bubbling hot springs, or even butterflies. You may even stop to think that [...]

I have a coworker named Andrea who has never seen a bluebird. Granted, she is not a hardcore birder, but bluebirds are not uncommon. I tried to show her a bluebird one day after work last summer but for some reason bluebirds were scarce that day (or they took flight upon seeing Andrea [...]

This was on the BBC News website just now…

Bernard Matthews was warned about hygiene lapses at its Suffolk turkey farm before the bird flu outbreak.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs says gulls were seen taking meat waste from open bins. The Meat Hygiene Service gave advice.

The report says poultry imported to the UK [...]

There is no single reason why I enjoy finding, identifying, photographing and now blogging about birds. Having grown up in Saugerties, NY, at the base of the Catskill Mountains, without cable television, I was kind of forced into an appreciation of the outdoors. Hiking in the mountains, exploring green-shaded woodlands, and swimming in [...]

I’ve been sitting on this news a long time, but I can finally share that I’ve had my first article published in a respected birding magazine. That’s right, you can now read my inimitable blatherings about birds and blogs both online and in print. How cool is that?
Some of you, mainly those with enough actual [...]

Lab Cat has served up a sensational Snowy Valentine Edition of Tangled Bank for science lovers everywhere.

or so the National Audubon Society would have us believe.  Audubon at Home asked a few couples who met through birding to share their stories.  Thrill to the romantic revelations of the Stokes, the Kaufmans, and Hudson River Audubon’s own newly engaged Michael Bochnik & Kelli Jewell. Hopefully, the screaming scarlet type won’t blind you!