John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, AKA Tinicum, is an outstanding urban oasis in southern Philadelphia, less than one mile from Philadelphia’s airport.  Being a...

What is a sea-kingfisher?  Why would it attack a sailor?  Why would the sailor have a stick handy to attack it with?  And how...

Sharon Stiteler, AKA Birdchick, has a great video of a Green Heron hunting that was shot by Clay Taylor.  Check it out!

It is not every day that a Yellow-billed Cuckoo decides to cooperate and sit out in the open for pictures.  In fact, the vast...

I had some spare time this week after being released a couple of hours early from jury duty and used that time well, birding...

What do you think the “strange big black bird” that had “two rings on its legs and a phone-like tracking device manufactured in Columbia” was?...

While we at 10,000 Birds wouldn’t advocate taking such an approach, it is not without its merits: Nico Dauphine told a D.C. superior court...

The Brown Booby is a bird that helps explain why birders don’t always want to share what they are doing with non-birders.  Explaining to...