In the final version of Walt Whitman’s famed poetry collection Leaves of Grass – the “Deathbed Edition” – there is a poem dedicated to the Magnificent...

The concept that bird watchers can accurately identify birds by their general aspect and behavior rather than by any specific field marks has not...

I find that the end of March has very little to offer that isn’t better in other parts of the year. College basketball does...

Everyone likes ducks, right?  If you want to see some great images of ducks check out Lloyd Spitalnik’s latest blog post, A Month of Ducks....

I never would have thought that a film that focused entirely on North American sparrows could be so delightful.  But the new second edition...

How many birding reference guides pack the visual punch of The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds? Not many, that’s for sure! That’s why we...

Last Sunday we decided it was high time we took advantage of the low tide to explore the reef on the Indian Ocean side...

The massive flocks of Sandhill Cranes that stop over in Nebraska on their way north are becoming a bigger and bigger tourist attraction.  Tourists...