Britannica defines winter as the coldest season of the year, extending from the winter solstice, December 21 or 22, to the vernal equinox, March...

This year has been bountiful in books about bird behavior (reference and otherwise) from the likes of David Allen Sibley, Helen Macdonald, Jennifer Ackerman,...

One good thing about birding during a pandemic–the forced restrictions on place and time translate into more time to observe what birds do. And...

While on our beach vacation in the Outer Banks of North Carolina in early April I took full advantage of our location just off...

I spent a bunch of time this weekend visiting birding spots in far southeastern Queens, along the coast and adjacent to Nassau County. One...

While I was at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in January I spent most of one afternoon taking my time driving around...

Tradeoffs in behavior, and plasticity We assume natural selection has shaped birds to avoid predators. Noticing predators, reacting to them perhaps with an alarm...

Producing a book about birds and nesting is a dangerous business. First of all, there is the cuteness factor. The truth is that there...