I have been searching through the internet this evening trying to find support for some behaviour that I witnessed at Fort Mason, San Francisco,...

A loud chirp rang from the side of the mountain, and a handful of stones skittered down the talus slope. A bit alarming, given...

“Here’s an idea for a blog,” wrote Donna Osburn, a wildlife rehabilitator from Kentucky. “What’s your best misidentification of a bird?” This is a...

Keep your eyes to the skies and look out for bull dust! For those of us in the northeastern United States, this winter has...

What makes this or that bird one we want to see on our next birding trip? Personal preferences are important, but there is certain...

…and I was quoted! We blogger-types are just getting too darned respectable.

I’ve heard many people ask “why don’t they call it the Ring-billed Duck?” They do have a white band toward the end of their...

Those of you that pay attention may have noticed that I haven’t been posting my rambling and incoherent thoughts much lately. In fact, I...