I work part time for the National Park Service (although, we’ll see what happens this weekend if there’s a federal government shutdown) and our...

Something has always puzzled me in my years working in the bird feeding industry: why don’t we offer more fresh fruit to birds in...

On my last beat post for 10,000 Birds I talked about how to avoid European Starlings at your seed feeder.  You can also avoid...

Last weekend was the annual Great Backyard Bird Count, an effort to get folks all over North America to take note of the birds...

As much as I appreciate the juncos at my feeding station, I’m ready for spring.  I was going over some of my bird lists...

Birds falling from the sky dead in mass quantities seem to be the hot button story of 2011. Each time I meet up with...

I read a news report on Tuesday that said 70% of the contiguous United States had snow cover.  Up in Minnesota, it’s a whole...

So much of the US is getting dumped on with snow.  At first it seemed like a nice holiday treat until you realize that...