The New York Times has a fascinating ten-question quiz that requires one to guess which of a pair of names in the Huambisa language...
That metallic sheen that appears on birds like grackles or hummingbirds? Not a recent development. Scientists have examined 40-million-year-old fossils that show iridescent feathers...
How does one end up with a Great Blue Heron in one’s bathroom? Or spending hard-earned cash on medication for a Wild Turkey with...
Rat Island, part of the Aleutians in Alaska, had been infested with rats since a Japanese ship wrecked there in the 1700s. It is...
Some of you who regularly read this blog will recall my recent outing with Patrick after which I surmised that New Jersey birders coming...
Best Lolcat ever! Tip of the hat to various facebook friends for this one.
A recent find, by birder Barb Putnam, of a Brown Pelican in Fourth Lake in the Adirondacks is the first record of that species...
When I found out that I was going to have to take a trip to Lansing, Michigan, for work, I wasn’t very happy at...
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