As migration proceeds in fits and starts I find myself torn between wanting to find as many birds as I can on each birding...

The second weekend of April holds special meaning for citizens of the United States, and by special, I really mean dire. But like it...

First of all: SWALLOWS. I have been watching for their arrival all week. Yesterday, there were none. Today, Tree Swallows are here, flashing light...

Here is another in a series of posts that celebrates the beauty hidden in plain sight, the astounding in the ordinary. Our subject today...

Forest Park, Queens, New York, April 2008 On Thursday, a day that I didn’t have to be at work until noon, I, of course,...

April may be volatile, but this month offers plenteous pleasures intermingled with its abundance of showers. Was T.S. Eliot being sarcastic when he penned...

Nuthatches are small, short-tailed, sharp-billed songbirds widely recognized for their ability to hitch headfirst down tree trunks and upside-down along limbs. The family has...

Since 2006 a pair of Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) nesting at Turtle Bay in Redding California have successfully raised a dozen eaglets! The past...