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...
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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...
Black Skimmers are another of those birds, like White-breasted Nuthatches, that people can’t help but like. They have awesome bills that slice through the...
Gulls can be gorgeous. Gulls can also be not very gorgeous at all. In summer, when feathers are worn and younger birds are molting...
The first time I saw a Western Tanager, it was in New York. In Central Park, to be exact. It was exciting — to...
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