Christine Guarino is a serious birder in a funny hat. When she is not writing about chickadees, identifying out-of-place sparrows, or tracking down winter...

My day Saturday was spent gulling the Niagara River, a most gull-friendly spot, especially in early winter. Three species were plentiful: Bonaparte’s Gull, Herring...

Have you ever really stopped and really watched a group of House Sparrows? So many birders (too many perhaps) ignore these small, but really...

Handsome, yet seemingly modest, the Wood Duck is a bird each and every one of us should admire.  It represents the beauty and wonder...

In my post about the pelagic trip I took on Sunday I mentioned a jaeger that was spotted, a jaeger that was initially (and...

There are almost too many reasons to love Black-capped Chickadees, but I will try to elucidate just a few of the more important ones...

The last Great Auk in Britain was executed as a witch, or so the story goes. Perhaps executed is not quite fair – there...

On August 5, 1985 three of the last nine wild condors soared close overhead as I stood, awestruck, in the foothills above San Bernardino,...