Are you a bird watcher? Are you a morning person? Believe it or not, the two types do not necessarily go hand-in-hand. Sure, the...

When the vagaries and viccissitudes of a temperate climate become decidedly intemperate, I begin to long for California. Most California dreamers conjure visions of...

We all know that blogging is an art unto itself, or at least we like to tell ourselves that. Birding too requires as much...

I’ve been shaking my fist northward for the last four frigid weeks. Actually, every part of me has been shaking from the brutal arctic...

Can you believe it’s been almost a month since the last I and the Bird? Sho ’nuff, but our newest edition makes the long...

Aren’t you ever just amazed at the skill exhibited by other naturalists? I’m often blown away by the concentration of sheer field ornithology prowess...

If you’ve been following my I and the Bird introductions for any length of time, you know that I often use this space to...

Have you ever noticed how well-spoken so many birders are? I’m not just talking about the blogging ones either. Birders tend to come off...