It is essential that, once learned, any new word should be used immediately in a showy manner to make one look smart. Thus, I...

We at 10,000 Birds are lucky to have such distinguished writers on our team. Yet, few of them are actually distinguished for their writing....

Snow has touched down in some places up north, up there on the breeding grounds of Mourning Warblers, Baltimore Orioles, and Sharp-shinned Hawks. Although...

There are a lot of side benefits to birding. Those of us who have had our eyes magnetically drawn to all things avian have...

It’s 3:30 AM when the night’s relative tranquility is shattered by the ancient Landranger’s engine roaring to life. Early starts are the rule when...

I started birding in what must have been 1978. At the time, I didn’t really take note of the year because I was seven....

If you’re a regular reader of 10,000 Birds, you may remember a remarkable video posted some months back of a Great Horned Owl swimming...

Black-and-white Warblers Would have more pizzazz if they Were Zebra Warblers.