Hate to be the bearer of yule tidings, but the holiday season is almost upon us. At least, that’s the impression I’m getting from...

Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) photos by Larry Jordan Nearly two years ago I wrote my second post as the West Coast Beat Writer on...

I seem to having my own mini petrel-event here on the blog recently, I think it must be anticipation of seeing some in a...

“Do they have owls?” was the first question I asked Mike Freiberg. Mike had just invited me to Nikon’s Prostaffer Retreat that was to...

Though Blue Jays often manage to avoid letting me get a decent shot of them I managed to outsmart the clever corvids yesterday. I...

This past weekend in the United States was important for a number of reasons. Much of the Mid-Atlantic is still recovering from Hurricane Sandy...

This quiz is truly diabolical. All three pictures show small fragments of birds that were photographed in Queens in the last two weeks. That...

On our recent trip to Kununurra we encountered a rather odd looking bird. At Ivanhoe’s Crossing there were numerous Crimson Finch drinking and bathing...