In the middle of October, nearly every migrant in on the move. Raptors and songbirds and butterflies and who knows what else are all...

Perhaps I’m growing suspicious in my old age. Maybe my ability to judge others has, through constant application throughout the years, become more sensitive...

Nick Sly is an ornithologist, recently graduated from Cornell and cast into the real world. He is currently located in Venezuela, in his first...

This past weekend Daisy and I were pleased to host my brother, Jonathan, his fiancee, Shannon, and their adorable three-year-old daughter, Natasha.  Though keeping...

You don’t need to be a birder to know that most birds above the equator fly from temperate northern climes to more tropical southern...

Monarch Butterflies, as they do every fall, are heading south for the winter.  Along the coast one can see pretty big numbers of them,...

Chapter 1 of Birdtopia can be found here, in which the narrator, George, finds and identifies a dead chickadee, reveals his crush on Lisa,...

The marshy ecosystems that beavers help create are good for songbirds.  At least, that is the conclusion of a study by the Wildlife Conservation...