When I worked for a wild bird specialty store, I was always baffled by the question from customers in spring, “When do I take...

I have a really great spotting scope, an angled Swarovski 80mm HD scope with a 20 – 60 zoom eyepiece (and sometimes I alternate...

Warning, if you can’t tell by the title of the post, it’s going to get a little blue in this post. Most of us...

Sometimes hawks, in particular, Red-shouldered Hawks will go all Turdus migratorious, hop on the ground and nosh some slimy earth worms.  There’s even video...

If I have learned anything from living in the northern half of the United States is that in order to survive winter with my...

One of the things that has vexed me about my fellow bird watchers is the inability to read signs. Well, that’s not fair. It’s...

I received a press release last week amidst all the Christmas Bird Counts stating that 3000 fewer birds were observed during the Christmas Bird...

Feeding birds is generally regarded as a harmless past-time, a wholesome way for people to share nature and enjoy wildlife with the family. However,...