Grackles are of the Icterid family, the New World family of birds that includes blackbirds, orioles, oropendolas, meadowlarks, caciques, the Bobolink, and cowbirds.  The...

Time to talk turkey. The fourth Thursday of November is when we in the United States observe Thanksgiving. However, anybody can take a moment...

How was your weekend? Any good birds? Don’t be shy… tell us about your best bird! My best bird of the weekend was a...

I spent Saturday morning and into the early afternoon with my becoming-a-birder friend, Kerry, with whom I’ve birded before, birding in Queens and a...

American Thanksgiving is drawing nigh, which means that most of us in the States should embark on some aggressive pre-emptive aerobic action to burn...

Both Birdfreak and The Drinking Bird have posts up with thoughts about snipe hunts, and they claim that snipe exist!  Oh, wait, what, snipe...

Visiting Jamaica is truly a sensory experience. Not only does one see astounding beauty and feel that warm Caribbean sun, but one also hears...

How was your weekend? Any good birds? Don’t be shy… tell us about your best bird! My best bird this weekend had to be...