The Great Egret is a great bird. With a dagger attached to a head that has glaring eyes and distance from body as its...
Western Grebes (Aechmophorus occidentalis) and Clark’s Grebes (Aechmophorus clarkii) are probably best known for their elaborate courtship displays. These ceremonies are some of the most complex...
It’s a plover, and it lives on the shore. What more do you need to know? Actually, there is a great deal more that...
On a recent visit to Cape May Point State Park in search of an elusive Purple Gallinule I did not find my quarry but...
Ah yes, the answer to this week’s quiz. Here is what I remember about the quiz: the clues are all about birds, but the...
There are three species of waterfowl that birders in most of the eastern United States are going to encounter on almost any birding outing...
Yellow-crowned Night Herons have a presence about them when they are hunting that reminds me of Buddhist monks. If “The greatest prayer is patience,”...
Bird blogging is a privilege, in that recounting one’s birding excursions is a lot more fun when an audience actually follows the action. I’ve...
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