Over the past week, a prolonged and unusually warm autumn has come to an end in western Montana. Snow is on the mountains, and...

Things change quickly here.  It’s just the nature of the place.  For a string of islands that run nearly the length of North Carolina...

Mid-November… what a waste! Around here, this weekend is good for Thanksgiving prep and not much else. November in Rochester feels like a gray...

I had a completely different post planned and tossed it out the window this morning over my coffee as I watched the birds out...

There is a great deal more I could write about Kapiti Island, and I probably will at some point in the future. I hadn’t...

Given the number of bird bloggers stomping around the 10,000 Birds site since the guys launched the concept, Mike, Corey and Charlie could be...

I love heading down to South Texas. There’s something uniquely un-American about this part of the world. Even the acacia-like mesquite trees seem out...

Ummm… yeah maybe I should explain. I’m not quitting already. I mean, I’ve only been a “beat blogger” for a few weeks now. No,...