If it’s October, then it is time to look up. Look up for migrants, look up for confusing fall warblers, but, most of all,...

If you ever wonder why so many American birders leaven their love of nature with a little self-loathing, look no further than the National...

We’ve had a lot of discussion recently on the pros and cons of interfering with ‘nature’ on behalf of an individual animal. But sometimes,...

Life Along the Delaware Bay: Cape May, Gateway to a Million Shorebirds, by Lawrence Niles, Joanna Burger, and Amanda Dey, is a book with...

Some people consider Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) pests! I know it sounds strange, especially when the folks at Mission San Juan Capistrano are trying...

What do you say when someone tells you they will be spending the summer in the Lower Michigan Peninsula?  If you are a birder,...

Birding has been an all-consuming interest for Patrick Cardwell since boyhood days spent in a wildlife-rich environment. When he isn’t snapping photos in the...

As anyone who follows this blog knows, outdoor cats are a veritable holocaust for wild birds, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and even insects.  Almost...