The American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a huge bird!  With an 8 to 9 1/2 foot wingspan and weighing in at up to...

This doesn’t make any sense to me on several different levels.

There are tons of interesting birds in this world and so, every now and again, I would like to share something of some of...

For 13 years now, friends and family have been gathering in an undisclosed corner of Potter County, Pennsylvania during the third weekend of July...

It’s hot.  Really hot. Sticky hot.  Painfully hot. Fried-egg-on-a-sidewalk hot.  Hate-the-sun hot. Disgustingly hot. Wander-the-apartment-in-just-underwear hot.  In other words, it is once again summer...

I’m not sure what the collective noun for a group of petrels is, but the vets and wildlife carers of New Zealand might be...

What’s the deal with manakins? Are they for real? These are just a few of the questions that come to mind when watching these...

Julie’s six reasons are pretty convincing. And Greg takes number three and expands on it quite a bit in this excellent post.