One of the things I do to earn a living is bird surveys, some for the federal government, some for private companies that want...

The IOC World Bird list proposed a number of unconventional bird names, most notably the Great Northern Loon (Gavia immer) and the Roughleg (Buteo...

My dad says he can call a Fish Crow from an American Crow on sight.  I’m not entirely inclined to disbelieve him, but I’ve...

Quiz 1 Hint: This bird is larger than a Least Sandpiper. The Great Ornithologist Felonious Jive. Perhaps you have heard of me? I am, in...

I know, I know, the cuteness lately is getting out of hand. First it was a bunch of baby waterfowl, then it was the...

Have I mentioned recently that summer is my favorite season? For me, nothing beats a hot, sunny summer, though you wouldn’t know it based...

The bird landed just to my  side, puffed up and fluttering with its wings down dragging the ground. It was a Baird’s Sandpiper and...

Is there anything cuter than precocious fuzzy baby birds?  I don’t think so.  A recent visit to a nesting colony on Long Island’s south...