October 13 found me doing something very unusual, even for me: learning about birds while watching an orchestra. The University of Montana Symphonic Wind...

If we can all agree on one thing, it’s that chickadees and tits are terrific birds. Who, after all, doesn’t love a chickadee? Not...

There are many tales of a Tufted Titmouse taking hair from humans to use as nest-lining material.  Watching a titmouse take hairs from a...

or, in this case, a neophobic Blue Tit in a cage is also a neophobic Blue Tit in the wild. Now this, might not...

….chickadees?!? Say wha?!? That’s right, friends. It’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans and in the best traditions of this renowned bacchanal, we exhort you,...

While many birders profess to adore avians more or less equally, Valentine’s Day is a good day to acknowledge that some birds are more...

You had to know that I wouldn’t be able to resist doing this post for long. Great Tits and Blue Tits are common wherever...

Welcome to the first feeder watch! Where birds get free food and you get pictures of them getting it. The first featured feeder is...