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

The second weekend of April holds special meaning for citizens of the United States, and by special, I really...

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

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

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

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

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

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