The typical woodpecker, with its coloration of black, white, and red, is ingrained into our brains as birders.  We all have our familiar species...

Spring is here, right? So why am I looking out my window at 4 inches of snow? Early spring is full of ornithological as...

I was in Florida last week, the freakiest of the southeastern states.  Its peninsular shape, dipping so seductively into the neotropic Caribbean, suggest a...

Something has always puzzled me in my years working in the bird feeding industry: why don’t we offer more fresh fruit to birds in...

The world of birding is filled with challenging groups well known to all, birds like gulls, Empidonax flycatchers or cisticolas that require attention to...

On my journeys around the world with Nikon’s BATV I have stayed at some very hospitable birding lodges. The vast majority of guests that...

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

The third weekend of March has come and gone, leaving many of us with impressions of a Super Moon. Were you impressed? I can...