On Independence Day, the 4th of July, I was sitting in the kitchen of my parents’ house drinking some coffee and sharing some homemade...
July, as all northern hemisphere birders appreciate, is the month when the egg timer flips and everything starts pouring back out again in a...
Picus viridis, the European Green Woodpecker is a bird that I longed to see during my early days as a feeder watcher. They never...
Or, to be more specific, how many American Goldfinch can you find in this picture? It was taken up the street from my folks’...
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...
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