I think everyone can readily admit that owls are cool. Most are creatures of the night, swooping soundlessly from above to scoop up their...

There’s really only one thing that will roll me out of bed before first light on a Saturday: the possibility of seeing birds. I...

Sometimes great birding days are not about all the birds you see. Some are great because of just one. I  had spent the morning...

A friend was in Florida, and as people in Florida are wont to do, he taunted me with pictures of some good birds that...

I love terns. I find them graceful, entertaining, and a symbol of some truly incredible migrations. Plus, there was once a time when I...

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof” Carl Sagan   The ABA checklist committee has recently added the Egyptian Goose to the official ABA checklist, based...

I have now officially moved to the Emerald Coast of Florida, a beautiful region on the Panhandle. I am within one of Florida’s sub-tropical...

Birding in Florida is unique in that so much of that state’s plenty is evident even to the casual observer. There are few places...