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Wait. What? What did Walter come across? Do people walk their birds? And does this law apply to wild birds? Or is this all the work of vandals, in real life or in photoshop? So confusing… …

For far too long there has been a bird that North American birders have mocked, derided, persecuted, hated, and, perhaps worse of all, ignored.  It is a common bird, seen in cities, suburbs, and agricultural lands.  One reason it is so widely disliked is its ubiquity, another is the fact that it is an introduced [...]

There are way too many birders out there who do not have a significant other or who have a significant other that does not appreciate their birding partner’s birding.  I say we should revel in our birding and take pride in what we bring to the table and to the bedroom and our partners should [...]

In a rapid and rather disturbing decision, the Federal Aviation Administration has decided to immediately implement new anti-bird measures on all airplanes in the wake of the recent near-tragedy in New York City.  The bold decision, derided by anti-government right-wingers as “big government run amok” will be fully implemented within two months.  Exactly what is [...]

Mike O’Connor is a syndicated avian expert and owner of the popular Bird Watcher’s General Store in Cape Cod. He’s also a very funny and informative writer, as indicated by his charming book, Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get Headaches? And Other Answers to Bird Questions You Know You Want to Ask. Mr. O’Connor estimates that he’s [...]

In the long, slow, painful process of transferring content from the old version of this blog to the shiny, new one, I realize I’ve been remiss in promoting the first book on bird watching I ever read, one that happens to still stand as one of the funniest. The Verb ‘To Bird’ by Peter Cashwell [...]

Of the plenteous perks of publishing a birding blog, and rest assured, they are manifold, one of the best has to be the free stuff. I am, on occasion, granted the opportunity to review bird-related books or videos. Though this can sometimes, depending on the item, be a chore, more often than not, I get [...]