The national bird of Guatemala is one of the most magnificent birds in the entire world – the Resplendent Quetzal.  Is there any bird...

…I WILL EAT YOU! Black Vulture at the Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida This somehow seemed suitable for a Monday morning. Forgive me....

Some weekends are sublime and others mundane. Obviously, we cannot survive one transcendent weekend after another, but this stretch of late winter seems to require...

One of the most common ducks that you see in Broome are the Plumed Whistling-Ducks and they are exactly that! They have beautiful plumes...

The Roseate Spoonbill lives up to its name, spectacularly. The bird is, after all, roseate, and, not only that, but it has a big...

Over much of North America, the Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis is more than just common.  Rather, it could be considered the aythyian background noise against...

This post comes courtesy of Mrs Gannet who became rather taken with the Little Owl when we found him in Mote Park last month....

During the last week, I received some terrific photos from two readers who had encountered a very distinctive duck at Brazos Bend State Park in...