Bald Ravens. Snakebirds. Devil Birds. Cormorants and darters have gotten a bad rap throughout human history. They’re seen as bad luck, as fish gluttons,...
Latvian artist Voldemars Dudums came up with a pretty darn cool idea. He covered a keyboard in bacon fat, hooked it up to a...
Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) photos by Larry Jordan (click on images for full size) It was a dark and stormy night … OK, it...
This Sunday I will be off the coast of Kaikoura on South Island for the first time since 2008 checking out the amazing albatrosses...
Before Saturday I had never seen a Pacific Loon in New York State. In fact, I had only ever seen a Pacific Loon four...
Several years ago I asked one of my birding mentors, a curmudgeon with an enviable life list, if he was a bird watcher, a...
Early on Saturday morning I dropped my family off at the airport. From that point on I was birding, except for a brief interlude...
Nothing stirs this birder’s sense of excitement and adventure like the preparation involved in a trip to a new part of the world. Studying...
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