At the onset of this post, let me firmly state that I love taxonomy. I even attended taxonomy classes at university. Biogeography,...

So, it is now officially winter! After several weeks of temperatures dropping to 10c (50f) we really feel like we are experiencing Winter here...

This story comes from Lisa Kelly, a wildlife rehabilitator in Tarrytown, New York, by way of Maggie Ciarcia, a rehabber in the nearby town...

Tomorrow is the first day of June, yet the complaints have already started. Have you heard them yet? “Now that migration is over, all...

Let’s say you’re at a fast food restaurant and you have a few french fries left over and a gull is eagerly staring at...

When I worked for a wild bird specialty store, I was always baffled by the question from customers in spring, “When do I take...

Seawatching is not my favorite way to bird. Standing on a boardwalk, a beach, or a jetty with my eye in a scope hoping...

Tyrannus tyrannus, better known as the Eastern Kingbird, is truly the King of Kings. Or, as you could choose to translate from the Latin...