Peripatetic ornithologist Nick Sly has long been a friend of the blog here and has contributed such classics as Green-rumped...

This time of year we birders are all about firsts.  The slow return of breeding birds to the higher...

I’ve spent most of my time since Thanksgiving trying to get my semester wrapped up, which means I’ve spent...

Today, Thursday, the 23rd of September 2010, is the autumnal equinox in the northern hemisphere, otherwise known as the...