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....

Every autumn, tens of thousands of Snow Geese arrive in California’s Sacramento Valley following their long journey from the Canadian Arctic (click on photos for full...

It’s that time of year when a young man’s thoughts turn to tropical seabirds like the Christmas Shearwater… wait, that doesn’t work! In fact,...

A little while after the whole excitement of choosing and announcing the winners of the Digiscoper of the Year competition is over, I try...

2011 is about to become 2012 and birders the world over are taking a look at their year lists and reminiscing about the awesome...