According to my Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, the Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) is “fairly common”...

As we roll towards Valentine’s Day, the U.S. as a whole is desperate for signs of spring. Montana is...

I live in New York, and I was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park, down near Central Park...

Back in 2007 when I was doing my New York State big year I dipped on a Tufted Duck...

As I mentioned in my previous post, I had planned writing a post about ducks, and in the last...

The North Carolina birding community (and South Carolina too) has been hopping with the report of a White-cheeked Pintail,...

When one is grocery shopping with the family on a Saturday afternoon and the phone rings, and it is...

The Black Scoter Melanitta americana, called the American Scoter by some and Melanitta nigra by others*, is a large...