June is in full flower now and as we ease, or in some tragic cases are swept into summer, things, by which I mean...

Birdchaser has a great analysis of how bird field guides featuring photographs rather than illustrations have changed over the last 30 years. Great stuff,...

Ah, June… here in the Northern Hemisphere, we’re poised to enjoy the longest day of our year, the earliest summer solstice since 1896. South...

While we can’t promote the addition of every amazing new birding and nature blog – there’s just too much brillinat blogging out there –...

There are some absolutely gorgeous photos of birds in Scott Leslie’s Woodland Birds of North America. The book, which is billed on the cover...

Corey and I, accompanied by my good buddy Frank, had a blast on Long Island this weekend moving from one enticing ecosystem to another...

Suffolk County, Long Island, the easternmost county in New York State, still has some pretty darn good habitat for the birds. Whether one is...

Disappointing. That is the only word I can come up with to describe the answers provided by the folks who guessed at the identities...