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If you’re anything like me (and you have my sympathies if you are!) you probably find yourself wracked with pangs of jealousy far more frequently than is healthy. I envy people every single day simply for where they happen to be. It matters not a whit where I am or where I’ve been. If you […]

Now that Canada, specifically Ontario, has moved to the front of the line when it comes to magnificent commitments to conservation, nature bloggers from the Great White North can speak with greater authority. It’s true and until your country sets aside at least 225,000 square kilometers of prime habitat, there’s really nothing you can do […]

 
“I and the Bird” is three years old! That’s amazing. I remember the conversation Mike and I had when we first met back in 2005 (we went to Jamaica Bay if you’re interested) and he talked about an idea he’d had for a new blog carnival he was launching called “I and the Bird” (IATB). […]

For the upcoming 3rd anniversary edition of I and the Bird, we’re asking a rather direct, if not altogether awkward question: Why are you still bird blogging?
Did that touch a nerve? We’d rather it got your wheels spinning or, better yet, those blogging juices flowing! After all, most bloggers leap at the opportunity to write […]

It’s summertime and the birding is easy… easy that is because all we have to contend with in most parts of the Northern Hemisphere are resident breeders. Once the mapcap excitement of migration dies down, we’re left with the usual suspects, just robins and catbirds and sparrows, etc. etc.
JUST robins? JUST catbirds?
It can be so […]

It is often said in sympathy or defiance that where there’s life, there’s hope. The difficult truth is also that where there’s life, there’s death. Not only will every organism alive today eventually shuffle off this mortal coil but, in time, each and every species will transition from present to past tense. A mad, magical […]

This marvelous month of May is marked primarily by motion. Change is in the air as blossoms bloom, trees leaf, and critters of every species and stripe scramble to and fro in frantic preparation for quick conjugation followed by the pleasures of parenthood. At least that’s how it goes down throughout most of the Northern […]

At one unguarded moment or another, every person fantasizes about turning a passion into an occupation. “What could be better,” you might muse, “that to be able to read romance novels (or watch YouTube videos or host dinner parties, etc.) for a living!” Surely, those that have found a way to be compensated […]

There is more than one way to look at a bird. So many people see birds as part of the scenery, if they look at them at all. Others might perceive a meal, a mystery, a passing fancy, or perhaps even a talisman of truth. While one would think that bird watchers all look at […]

Lo, another fortnight has passed and we have before us a magical new edition of I and the Bird, the blog carnival for the avian inspired. But before I introduce the next truly tremendous presentation, I’d like to offer amends to our gentle host, the pseudonymous Snail of Snail’s Eye View. You see, when Snail […]

Old goatherds swear how all night long they hear
The warning whirr and burring of the bird
Who wakes with darkness and till dawn works hard
Vampiring dry of milk each great goat udder…
Shudder… excuse me while I interrupt this daring verse, entitled Goatsucker by Sylvia Plath, to explain why it is apropos of the newest I and […]

Welcome to the 2nd anniversary edition of I and the Bird, the quintessential blog carnival for bloggers who love birds and birding. Two years! Since the very first edition of I and the Bird, we’ve had literally hundreds of contributors. Even more impressive, of the 16 original contributors, all but one are still […]

Welcome to the first anniversary edition of I and the Bird! What a magnificent year this has been. Nearly 150 bloggers from across North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia have come together on a biweekly basis to present the very best in wild bird web writing. As a group, we have observed thousands of birds […]

Welcome to the inaugural edition of I and the Bird, the blog carnival for bird lovers. Amazing writers, naturalists, and enthusiasts from all over the world have submitted some of their favorite blog posts relating to the interaction between humans and avians and compiled them here for your reading pleasure. We hope you enjoy! Since […]