Tangled Bank #72, hosted quite ably at Ouroboros, can shed some light on that subject, as well as canger, aging, and the history of...

to a new site. I think it looks better than ever!  If you don’t regularly visit this site, a group effort of some very...

In my previous post , I described a moderately successful owl prowl, in that I did spot an owl or two, obscured though those...

A couple of weeks ago, I complained about my rotten owl luck. Since this dismal situation was clearly not going to improve on its...

Another interesting, some might say antiquated color choice employed by those who get to name birds is plumbeous. Plumbeous refers to a heavy, leaden...

The February 10, 2007 Freeport NY Pelagic trip may not sail…if you don’t join it!  I took this particular excursion last year and it...

(I first used this introduction last January when Aydin of Snail’s Tales presented a perfectly poetic I and the Bird #15. Almost exactly one...

Along with the expected assortment of bird books for Christmas, I received a butterfly guide, specifically the National Audubon Society Field Guide to North...