Northern Cardinals are known for their plumage. Bold red or subtle pink and brown, on a background of snow or new leaves, their beauty...

Yesterday, a small gang of Common Grackles rolled up to my bird feeder. For the rest of the day, everywhere I looked, grackles flew...

Last Sunday was my lovely wife’s birthday, so the decision on what to do for the day was entirely up to her. Her decision...

The third weekend of February seems fairly uneventful, but birders and nature lovers know how to make these days count… by counting. Did you...

Over the years that we have birded we have observed some variation in the plumage of birds including a Crimson Finch that wasn’t crimson,...

Many people I know are taking vacations this week, partially because schools in my area observe Winter Recess and partially because getting away after...

Now that we have returned to our adopted home of La Paz, Mexico, our bones are starting to thaw out from the trip to...

Everyone knows what a male Mallard looks like. The drake of this extremely common, sexually dimorphic species (Anas platyrhynchos) cuts a fine form with his...