Before leaving Olguita’s on the second day in Costa Rica, I spotted this migrant male Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) pictured above, but I also enjoyed...

I recently returned from a twelve day birding tour of Costa Rica with Lifer Tours guided by an incredible birder, David Rodriquez. I began...

Birds can be attracted to your home simply by offering food, water and shelter. Trees and shrubs that yield fruit, berries, seeds, nuts and...

Maybe it’s because the American Coot (Fulica americana) is the most abundant and widely distributed species of rail in North America that it gets no respect?...

This coming Saturday we will be able to participate in the first October Global Big Day! Every year for the last four years Global Big...

The Juniper Titmouse (Baeolophus ridgwayi) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. The American Ornithologists’ Union split the Plain Titmouse (Parus inornatus) into...

In the past few weeks I have had several fall migrants passing through my area. The temperatures in northern California have been in the...

The photo above shows the beginning of the Carr Fire east of Redding with the Sundial Bridge in the foreground. This is about 35...