Maybe the name of this blog should be 10,015 birds. That would reflect the number of new species discovered in the Amazon rainforest over the...

  Anna’s Hummingbird Female (Calypte anna) Bathing and Preening at the Waterfall Hummingbirds don’t always sip nectar or sugar water. When the temperatures get...

Luck. In Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Novels luck is the goddess that only the foolhardy worship, or even mention by name. Call her the Lady....

You’ve got till the end of the night to get me your wren posts and photos for the next I and the Bird! I’ll...

Broward County has one of the highest densities of Burrowing Owls in Florida. It also has one of the highest human population densities in...

  Imagine a world without warblers. No small songbirds feeding like moving jewels in the canopy. A distinct lack of birdsong on a May...

Before this lovely June weekend began, I bemoaned the evident end of spring migration. What I failed to recognize were all the great things...

Purple Herons Ardea purpurea are an old world element of the Ardeidae and range widely throughout sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and parts...