I was just tipped off to an fascinating lawsuit that hinged on the defendants’ adherence to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Or maybe the...

The advent of advanced computing and the internet has been a incalculable boon to birders everywhere. However, the one area where birdwatchers have been...

If you feared you missed your shot at being a part of the last I and the Bird of 2008, rest at ease. You...

Stevie Wonder delivers a dire warning in his classic, Superstition: When you believe in things that you don’t understand, then you suffer. What happens...

…but, after posting eight consecutive book and product reviews, we’re not done yet! And if you’re looking for an even wider variety of opinions,...

In recounting my Rochester Snowy Owl encounter last week, I mentioned my new birding buddy, Laura Kammermeier.  Bill of the Birds made our mutual...

In birding parlance, a “spark bird” is the species that mutates one’s benign regard for nature into a seething, immoderate interest in avifauna. Do...

Years ago, I wrote about the glaring homogeneity in North American birding circles and by glaring, I mean all that bright white skin. The...