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

Yesterday, a small gang of Common Grackles rolled up to my bird feeder. For the rest of the day,...

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

The third weekend of February seems fairly uneventful, but birders and nature lovers know how to make these days...

Over the years that we have birded we have observed some variation in the plumage of birds including a...

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

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

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