Nest predation is the driving force of nest site selection by bird.  Generally the more exposed the egg are, the more hidden or camouflaged...

The Nuttall’s Woodpecker’s (Picoides nattallii) diet consists mainly of (about 80%) insects, primarily captured by probing and gleaning from tree bark. They also dine on...

Now that the last weekend of what is often considered the best birding month of the year has passed, take stock of how you...

On our last visit to Derby in December last year it was the Wet Season and very hot and with the risk of a torrential storm....

Do much birding in the city, and your thoughts will turn again and again to feral pigeons. As I have pointed out before, we...

What fresh wonders will the magical last weekend of May deliver? If you live in NYC, one of the world’s great cities, you can...

A post I wrote a few weeks ago where I made some disparaging remarks about America’s pseudowarblers (and poetry) generated a certain amount of...

After spending the weekend along the South Carolina coast, I can say with confidence that I saw dozens and dozens of South Carolina’s state...