The first day of January offers some of the most exciting birding of the year; for just a moment, every bird is new and...

I received a press release last week amidst all the Christmas Bird Counts stating that 3000 fewer birds were observed during the Christmas Bird...

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...