When it’s a Spindalis species tanager, obviously! Traveling these days is hardly the carefree, spontaneous, all-I-need-is-a-toothbrush-and-ten-bucks experience it used to be before I took...

We’re just about at that point in the winter season where I start daydreaming about glorious, sun-drenched days of summers past. The source of...

Long-eared Owl, rear view Close views of our friendly neighborhood kestrel yesterday morning along with the welcome weekend warmth augured well for our annual...

Watching wildlife is a delightfully stimulating activity, one that can be enjoyed thoroughly from youth to senescence.  However, the choice regarding which specific creatures...

Every year, hope springs eternal that Seattle’s NFL football team might finally make it deep into the playoffs, perchance even win a Super Bowl....

Call at The Clog Almanac did a search engine survey of various religious stereotypes based on the Google-powered Prejudice Map. Very interesting! I already...

Spoon-billed Sandpiper. Spotted Greenshank. Chinese Egret. Far eastern Curlew. Black-faced Spoonbill. Saunders’s Gull. Great Knot. If you’re a regular reader of this site, chances...

I didn’t realize that it was customary at year end to ruminate on one’s previous 52 weeks of avian observation, but I’m happy to...