Like it or not, the holiday season is here. Merry happy whatever it is you celebrate! And lest you overlook avifauna in the midst...
It goes without saying that our three breeding species of mergansers in the United States are amongst the most brilliantly colored birds we have....
Every autumn, tens of thousands of Snow Geese arrive in California’s Sacramento Valley following their long journey from the Canadian Arctic (click on photos for full...
Danny Gayheart of Noctor, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to selling three Red-tailed Hawks to an undercover agent for $50 each. He will have to pay...
It’s that time of year when a young man’s thoughts turn to tropical seabirds like the Christmas Shearwater… wait, that doesn’t work! In fact,...
Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with the killing of 24 geese and ducks in two parks in Concord, California (the original...
A little while after the whole excitement of choosing and announcing the winners of the Digiscoper of the Year competition is over, I try...
Is Sandy Komito’s record 745 species or 748? And how is it tabulated? There is a fascinating (to obsessive listers) discussion on the...
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