(The alternate title for this post is “The Plover Pronunciation Poll Revisited.”) Often, the answer to one question leads to several more questions. Once...

and our excellent allies on our new Team page. All that’s missing are a few pics of Mason and Ivy and a lot more...

It’s a good thing Leigh can take a joke!

but at least it’s football. I truly miss the NFL during the off-season.

Although many of the terms used to denote color in birds may be unknown to apprentice observers of avifauna, most learn the meaning of...

Fun fact of the day: Neurophilosophy is an interdisciplinary study that lies at the juncture of neuroscience and philosophy. It’s true. Furthermore, neurophilosophical inquiry...

It may have taken until February, but winter has hit New York City hard. We don’t have snow, but temperatures have plummeted to presposterous...

Citizen scientists should mark off February 16-19, 2007 in their calendars. Those days mark the tenth annual Great Backyard Bird Count. This event, developed...