Everyone knows that the difference between good birding and truly great birding often depends on one’s ability to identify birdsong. Unfortunately, many bird watchers,...

While sitting at my desk yesterday, I gazed out the window, as is my habit, just as a large black bird flew by. I...

Specialization may be the trend in business, science, and academia, but birds who wish to succeed in tomorrow’s demanding environment should not specialize, but...

Reports of the first Eastern Phoebes of spring have been popping up all over New York and this weekend, I decided I was going...

The federal government just announced its strategic, five-point plan to detect the invasion of H5N1 avian influenza on American soil, first and foremost our...

If you’ve made it through winter in the company of a bevy of backyard birds, you’ll appreciate this next observation on avian identification. Seed-eaters...

The weather has been bitter lately and, frankly, I’m not in the mood for it. As a result, I stayed close to home this...

Last December, I joined a large and diverse collection of bloggers in examining how the concept of race impacts certain areas of our lives...