As we roll towards Valentine’s Day, the U.S. as a whole is desperate for signs of spring. Montana is no excpetion. Just this week,...

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

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

As I mentioned in my previous post, I had planned writing a post about ducks, and in the last week, I’ve been thinking about...

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

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

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

Fitting in an outing to see some birds has gotten exponentially more difficult now that I am back at work.  Spending time with Desmond...