Bird blogging is a privilege, in that recounting one’s birding excursions is a lot more fun when an audience...

When the American Ornithologists’ Union publishes its annual North American checklist update next month, many birders will be disappointed...

We here at 10,000 Birds believe that every bird is beautiful and, moreover, that every part of every bird...

Everyone likes to see ducklings and almost everywhere in the world the ducklings that people are most likely to...

Mallards can be dirty ducks.  Very, very, dirty ducks.  And while ducks in general are known for their hybridizing...

Years ago, Charlie Moores coined the colorful term “manky mallard” to describe the motley menagerie of feral and domestic mallards...

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

During my most recent trip to California, I had a chance to drop in on Kenneth Hahn State Recreation...