The stage is set for two rival gangs to fight over coveted territory: a grassy lawn bordered by a dirt road and a smattering...

Perhaps some other time I’ll write in more detail about the links between Minnesota’s Bell Museum and birds. There are many. Now I’ll just...

I’m writing this post a day late (sorry) from Itasca State Park, Minnesota. Over the last few days we’ve traveled from the Twin Cities...

Picture this: you are on a lake, with dusk just beginning to fall. The surface of the water is calm, and a light breeze...

Many years ago, back in the 1970s, I visited my sister, who lived in West Yellowstone, Montana, in the dead of winter. We rented...

Northern Hawk Owl found on Kolu Road in Sax-Zim Bog, by Erik Bruhnke Great Gray Owl, Northern Hawk Owl, Snowy Owl — this trinity captures the imagination...

What is up with the birding community in the northern part of the US recently? Have we all gone completely mental? I recently heard...

Note: This is an account, originally published in June 2006, of my quest to remove a jinx bird from my bird-watching soul. I am...