I have heard both that most die and never make it back to their breeding grounds and that they do return to the north...

Sometimes a species just stops you in your tracks.  So it was with a superlative, breeding-plumaged, male Scarlet Tanager today at Jamaica Bay.  Now...

As regular readers of 10,000 Birds already know, I am enamored of my Queens list. So when a Red-headed Woodpecker was reported on Thursday...

Gareno Lodge made its claim to fame when they had a Harpy Eagle nest near their lodge.  The most amazing show lasted almost two...

In North America there is really only one duck that could even come close to competing with the Wood Duck for the title of...

Things you may not know, but should: 1.) There is an International Festival of Owls. 2.) They give out a “Champion of Owls” award....

If I see either of two things I officially declare that spring has sprung. One of them, my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of the...

How would you handle the situation in which Dawn recently found herself? To me, that type of behavior is unacceptable, but let he who...