Eerie. Sinister. Unnaturally still. These are apt descriptions for those wondrous waders, the night herons. These stout birds of...

Rich Guthrie, one of the deans of Albany-area birding, posted this on the local and state listserves: Yes, out...

One thing I’ve learned about birding now that I have a few years under my belt is that it...

I’ve spent quite a few hours lately reading and paging through my recently arrived field guide, Birds of Europe....

Mockingbirds are members of the Mimidae family, a group of American passerines that also includes thrashers, tremblers, and New...

April 21 – 29 is National Wildlife Week. It’s also the span of the First Annual Blogger Bioblitz. If...

When I got home from work today I realized that I needed to brush my cats, especially B.B., the...

I think a nuthatch has gained access to a computer. On Easter Sunday, two days after I posted my...