If you ever wonder why so many American birders leaven their love of nature with a little self-loathing, look no further than the National...

Before this morning I knew that I had never seen a Bell’s Vireo. After this morning I was sure that I had seen one....

Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla ridgwayi) photos by Larry Jordan I have been enjoying some first time visitors to my yard this fall, including several...

Ideas, like catwalk fashions, come and go in cycles, and so even the worst scientific mistakes will one day be back in some new...

Two weeks ago I wrote a post entitled, “How do Birds get their Color?”. This got me thinking about eye color in birds. As...

There is no better place to find grasspipers in New York State than the sod farms on eastern Long Island in autumn. Buff-breasted Sandpipers,...

Anyone attuned to the roving of raptors and peregrinations of passerines is probably sporting a big smile this morning thinking about the weekend’s sightings....

It has been far too long since the last of the diabolical quizzes. And this quiz is truly diabolical. Horribly diabolical. Diabolical squared. At...