I hope you will forgive my rather lurid title. No, I am not going to tell you about some blood-sucking bird with hypnotic powers....

The second Sunday in May is the day many countries around the world, including the United States, set aside for the celebration of mothers....

Will you indulge me for a minute? (Of course you will. You always do.) In speaking of Take Wing and Fly Here, the first...

So lately it seems like I’m just surrounded by baby talk. One of my sisters is pregnant, as is one of my cousins, my...

Brown-headed Cowbirds evoke strong feelings in many birders, some of whom can’t abide a bird that lays its eggs in other birds’ nests, often...

This weekend while I was exploring the Shawangunk Grasslands in Ulster County, New York, with my parents (more on that later) we came across...

Sometimes an easy bird can become difficult to identify.  Such was the case with the molting bird below, a species that has crossed my...