Unseasonable weather can be a double-edged sword. After all, who doesn’t love an Indian Summer or a thrillingly warm day in the midst of...

After spotting the Cassin’s Finch (Carpodacus cassinii) pair above a couple of weeks ago at Lassen Volcanic National Park, I thought I had a new lifer!...

Kathi Borgmann and Josh Beck are living the dream of many a North American birder. They packed up in June of 2013 and headed...

If one was a serious twitcher – kinda like Phoebe Snetsinger (who saw approximately 8,400 species before her death), Tom Gullick (reputedly the first...

Kevin Ebi is a professional nature photographer whose work has appeared in a variety of magazines and books, including National Wildlife, Smithsonian, Outdoor Photographer,...

A sewage pond is, like a landfill, one of those places by which non-birders get very confused. “Wait, you’re going to a sewage pond?...

Ah, these lazy days of summer will grow more frantic before long. Fit in at least one nap in a hammock before the leaves...

I’ve just seen something that was a) exciting for the birder in me to watch and that b) completely stumped the zoologist in me:...