When the vagaries and viccissitudes of a temperate climate become decidedly intemperate, I begin to long for California. Most California dreamers conjure visions of...

This will be the last Jory-written quiz for awhile while he and his family recover from a horrendous flood that destroyed the interior of...

Window feeders are great.  Especially when the birds that come to said feeders are used to people walking up to look at them.  They’re...

Over at Pharyngula PZ Myers has one heck of an image of a woodpecker fight.  My question is how did the Northern Flicker manage...

Daisy and I spent this weekend in Saugerties visiting my folks, and, as is only to expected when we spend a weekend upstate, especially...

Birds seem to be popping up everywhere in trivia these days. Just yesterday, I was listening to a quiz show on NPR when the...

This winter I have taken on the responsibility of keeping the two feeding stations at Forest Park supplied two days a week, on Thursdays...

Listen up, all you North American bird watchers… this weekend is the Great Backyard Bird Count. , our annual four-day backyard birding, citizen science...