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...

Does anybody track how devastating spring migration must be to the global economy? Seriously, I know what kind of hit my personal productivity has...

To a birder, migration means that you can live in Minnesota, New York, Paris or Moscow and see exotic tropical birds such as Piranga...

Everyone knows what a jinx bird is.  It is a bird that dodges you like sanity does Michele Bachmann.  No matter how hard you...

The use of digital devices to attract birds is getting more and more attention. It’s been brewing on birding listservs for years. I wrote...

As entertaining as it has been reading about the lovely spring migrations in North America recently, it might be worth remembering the fate of...