While writing up yesterday’s post, my inherent weakness for alliteration got the better of me. I eagerly described the season’s bounty of warblers as...

This winter, we’ve been blessed with an abundance of owls. In 2003, a veritable horde of Common Redpoll invaded the U.S. It seems that,...

Many birds, especially those higher up on the food chain, are fiercely territorial. When a bird of a different species intrudes on contested ground,...

The highlight of spring migration is without a doubt the return to northern climes of dazzlingly-colored warblers, flycatchers, and tanagers. These thrilling little critters...

The Winter 2004 issue of Birdscope, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology newsletter, highlights some fascinating facts about the Cedar Waxwing. This attractive avian is...

While waxing eloquent about the Red-bellied Woodpecker, I described the male of the species as red from his nape to his lores. His lores?...

We erroneously dubbed the Northern Bobwhite we recently spotted at Bombay Hook our first gallinaceous bird. It is correct that the northern bobwhite is...

One British reviewer said of our site that “It’s written more stylishly that (sic) your average anorak’s blog.”  That’s nice and all, but what...