Gideon B. Smith of Baltimore, Maryland, was not really a birder.  Nor was he an ornithologist.  He was into silkworms, and made much of...

 Here we have a forlorn group of birders that clearly do not trust each other. Good December to you birders. I hope you are...

How are the holidays treating you? One hopes that the wheel of karma turns in your favor during this time of festivity and giving....

A long holiday weekend with lots of food, lots of family, and a long drive on each end leaves me feeling much how this...

I had an idea to write a post about the American Robin this week and checked the archives at 10,000 Birds to see how...

Any hummingbird in December in stoney Manhattan is a remarkable sight — after all, hummingbirds are such tropical-looking birds… Wait. What does that even...

Like it or not, the holiday season is here. Merry happy whatever it is you celebrate! And lest you overlook avifauna in the midst...

It goes without saying that our three breeding species of mergansers in the United States are amongst the most brilliantly colored birds we have....