Gulls can be gorgeous.  Gulls can also be not very gorgeous at all.  In summer, when feathers are worn and younger birds are molting...

The first time I saw a Western Tanager, it was in New York. In Central Park, to be exact. It was exciting — to...

Today’s quiz is all about birds.  Every clue is about birds.  Birds, birds, birds. The answer, however, is not about birds. I give clues...

From a post on the New York State Birding listserv (NYSBirds-L): …two people who had traveled from PA to see the bird. The PA...

Nackawic, New Brunswick, Canada will cull up to 250 Canada Geese that are leaving too many droppings on the waterfront.  This story broke just...

Here in the United States, we’re looking at a long and hopefully lovely Independence Day weekend. Ironically, we only call this holiday by its...

Poop Week was a lot of fun around here, but for some people it never seems to end. A reader contacted me with a...

Until recently I had only ever seen a single Sandwich Tern.  It was back in July of 2009, the day that I saw more...