are erupting from the far north in serious numbers. Matt Medler of the Boreal Songbird Initiative has the details on eBird.

In my post about the pelagic trip I took on Sunday I mentioned a jaeger that was spotted, a jaeger that was initially (and...

are never good for birds which is one reason David Sibley has been experimenting with a novel way to make birds aware of his...

There are almost too many reasons to love Black-capped Chickadees, but I will try to elucidate just a few of the more important ones...

Life Before Death is currently hosting the 94th edition of the Tangled Bank. However, I would be (further) remiss if I failed to finally...

The last Great Auk in Britain was executed as a witch, or so the story goes. Perhaps executed is not quite fair – there...

I had no idea! Julie Zickefoose delivers the unbelievable news that people hunt these “long-lived, monogamous, family-oriented and highly intelligent birds” for food or...

When one is doing a Big Year in New York one must go on pelagic trips. As many as possible. Because I wasn’t doing...