The grackle is the ultimate American bird, adaptable, intrepid, and obstreperous. Ten species of these iridescent ebon irritants, most in the genus Quiscalus, are...

Yes, suffering readers, it is time once again for a blog post in verse. And not just any verse, but the horrible, vile, lousy...

Happy Valentine’s Day, bird lovers and lovebirds alike! If you need something to get you in the mood (romantic or otherwise) today, allow us...

Bette Midler, conservationist and star of screen and stage, has a thing for birds. “I love birds. I’m absolutely mad about them — I...

Not in any espionage sense. Rather, my trip to the American Museum of Natural History last week was enlivened, however slightly, by spotting a...

I haven’t been birding yet in 2013. Oh, I’ve gotten my first bird of the year (European Starling – yay?) and a handful more...

So, I recently sold a short story to the anthology Zombies: Shambling Through History. Does it involve birds? Of course it does! Ravens, to...

William Blake, the 18th and 19th century English poet, painter and engraver, is most remembered for his two linked collections of poems, Songs of...