Author Archives: Birdchick

I had the pleasure of heading to the Winter Wings Bird Festival in Klamath Falls, Oregon last month and it…

As a freelancer who lives in Minnesota, I try to plan work in warmer areas in the winter. I love…

House Finches are common enough birds at most bird feeding stations. Below is how we are accustomed to seeing the…

I’m to the point that I wish all the Snowy Owls in the US this winter would head back north….

I’m currently in one of my favorite states: exhausted (maybe even a tiny bit tipsy) in a hotel room sorting…

Amazon had a brilliant press release on Cyber Monday 2013 about using drones as a possible delivery service for their…

When I was kid, I tried to turn every House Finch we had in Indiana into a Purple Finch. Trying…

  A European Starling in New Zealand made the news this week. This particular species is not native to New…

I love the Rio Grande Valley Bird Festival. I love birding the area and I love the people–it’s a fantastic…

I think people who are aware of birds but would never call themselves birders don’t pay as much attention to…