On a recent visit to the waterhole at Forest Park on a day when sunlight alternated with light rain the birding was relatively slow (meaning I only saw about ten species of wood-warbler in an hour). I was about to pack it up and head home as the sunlight-rain cycle was moving towards rain again [...]

This past Sunday Andrew and I once again went looking for birds while the women did, well, women things I guess.  Because it was raining in most of southern California, well, pouring actually, proving Albert Hammond right (no, not the Hammond for which Hammond’s Flycatcher is named, but the Hammond who wrote the song that goes It never rains in [...]

The eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) is either a boon for those who consider them cute and like to watch their antics or a bane to those who want just birds to sample their backyard suet and seeds. While at my parents’ house over Christmas I watched the many, many, Gray Squirrels congregating around and [...]

A full day’s birding in the Adirondacks and along Lake Champlain on Tuesday with Will from The Nightjar was an absolute blast. We saw just over fifty species of bird and had a great time (and I added three birds to my New York State Big Year List). But this post isn’t about the birds; [...]

In addition to the birds I saw in Berlin’s Volkspark Hasenheide I also saw Eurasian Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris). These are not the tiny North American Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) that I’m used to but bigger beasts with adorable ear tufts. I only saw a couple, and both were in the northwestern part of the [...]

I used the title of this post to see if I could emulate Mike and bring disappointed perverts to the pages of 10,000 Birds. Not that it is a dishonest title at all seeing as this post does feature a buck naked. It is just not exactly what probably 99% of Googlers are searching for. [...]

No, this isn’t a post about Skid Row…but rather a post about the plethora of young creatures out and about in the wide world for the first time. As I type this I can hear the flock of neighborhood House Sparrows chirping away in front of my apartment, a flock that enjoyed great success this [...]

A short stroll this evening at Five Rivers was rewarded with some nice encounters with White-tailed Deer. The shots below were with a particularly cooperative doe that allowed me to close within fifteen feet of her. This one was not cooperative at all, but I still like the result: Have a great weekend…I’ll be back [...]

I see you, heh, on down on the scene. I spotted a fox on the side of the road. Foxy You make me wanna get up and scream. I nailed the brakes and put the car in reverse. Foxy Ah, baby listen now, I rolled down the window and when she seemed hesitant, I talked [...]