As long as the ivory-bill’s existence remains ambiguous, North America’s reigning woodpecker must be the Pileated Woodpecker.  This hulking beauty, black and white with...

Passion is fleeting. The ardor that compels the neophyte to dive headlong into an activity will most certainly abate before mastery is achieved. Birding...

“I intend to hold North Carolina up by its ankles and shake every last little dicky bird I can out of its pockets. I’m...

The first I and the Bird of the year promises to be outstanding, considering that John of Born Again Bird Watcher is at the...

Ready to catch up on some outstanding nature and science blogging from the last month? For marine madness, enjoy Carnival of the Blue #8....

A year list can be a sorry thing indeed until a person actually devotes a few hours to populating it. My first week of...

One thing I’ve learned from my birding colleagues is that it is customary at year end to ruminate on one’s previous 52 weeks of...

It’s been a harrowing couple of days here at 10,000 Birds base camp. It appears our site was somehow hacked or hijacked and, in...