Seeing one of the world’s rarest birds is not something you’d usually think an easy task. Species with a world population in the hundreds...

Here in the southeast we have three Mimids of three distinct groups all present more or less throughout the year.  The Northern Mockingbird is...

What a weekend. My daughter’s birthday week (yes, we celebrate full weeks and more in my household) began with a bang and a rainbow...

I usually spot Ruddy Turnstones in winter, hunkered down on windswept jetties being blasted by salt spray in the company of Purple Sandpipers.  Either...

You’ve no doubt heard the famous expression, “If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed will go to the mountain.” The pithy lesson...

There are many tales of a Tufted Titmouse taking hair from humans to use as nest-lining material.  Watching a titmouse take hairs from a...

Part 3 The birder walks across the bridge. She’s not birding. She’s headed for the farmers’ market. She read that it’s supposed to rain,...

A most interesting question was posed to me by a birding friend.  I could not guess the answer despite some pretty good tries on...