This post was originally posted 0n 22 April 2012 but has been reposted in honor of the Purple Swamphen (finally) being added to the...

Italy has no national bird! How this sad state of affairs could possibly continue is beyond the ken of this bird blogger but it...

I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted. Must be from all that shoveling this weekend. But when life becomes most inconvenient, I become...

Over Christmas we saw a half-price sale on airline tickets to the east coast of Australia and thought of all the places that we have...

Back in December when I was in Orange County, California, I enjoyed my early morning walks to and through Carbon Canyon Regional Park. As...

Pinnated Bittern If you are into marshes and birds, we have some interesting places to visit. One of my favorite sites is La Segua...

So, let’s talk more about the Harris’s Sparrow. This big, chunky sparrow is one of Canada’s few endemic breeders (Wikipedia says the only one,...

When the wolf is at the door, a wildlife rehabilitator will let him in. And feed him. That’s why we’re always broke. Jodi Swenson...