The Pied-billed Grebe,  a most wondrous waterfowl, perfectly exemplify the distinction between common and mundane. Podilymbus podiceps is most...

Last week, I mentioned how odd the weather has been around here. By odd, of course, I mean absolutely...

Autumn is a season of transitions and migrations, a slow descent from summer’s heat to winter’s cold. Sometimes blustery...

As the evenings darken and night draws in, some of us are forced to spend more time at home...

How highly do you value a three-day weekend? For me, time of year exerts a significant impact on the...

Tubenose. No, it’s not part of a Shakespearean insult. Tubenoses are seabirds that belong to an order called Procellariiformes...

Jeff Gordon is now just over one year into his reign as the President of the American Birding Association....

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) photos by Larry Jordan (click for full sized images) While visiting Arcata Marsh a couple...