I was lucky enough to get off work early the other day and thought I would head out toward Battle Creek Wildlife Area and...

One of the joys of blogging for a widely read blog is that it gives one a platform on which to moan and complain...

A big bruiser of a bird, the Glaucous Gull is nothing if not bulky.  It sometimes looks like a gull built from a child’s...

I find that the end of March has very little to offer that isn’t better in other parts of the year. College basketball does...

The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds is undoubtedly the most innovative avian reference guide to come along in many years. In fact, the guide...

These large-nosed avian pearls live at surprisingly high altitude; I have seen them as high as 2800 meters and as low as 1800 meters. ...

This is a short account of what happened one fine Monday around noon, March 21st of 2011, while I was at work. It won’t need...

The national bird of Sweden is the Blackbird Turdus merula, otherwise known as the Common Blackbird or Eurasian Blackbird, though, of course, in Sweden...