Waxwings and their relatives are a small, interesting group of songbirds that have seen some interesting taxonomic changes in the last few years. This...
In the realm of waterfowl, not all that are manky are malign. Many domestic Mallards do indeed offend the eye with their mutant messiness,...
I was rather surprised to find that the 10,000 Clicks section of 10,000 Birds does not have a Hairy Woodpecker gallery. Surely this is a terrible...
The national bird of Jamaica is the Red-billed Streamertail, known colloquially as the Doctor Bird and scientifically as Trochilus polytmus. It is endemic to...
This post was originally posted 0n 22 April 2012 but has been reposted in honor of the Purple Swamphen (finally) being added to the...
Italy has no national bird! How this sad state of affairs could possibly continue is beyond the ken of this bird blogger but it...
Back in December when I was in Orange County, California, I enjoyed my early morning walks to and through Carbon Canyon Regional Park. As...
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