Like most North American birders, I never pay much mind to the European (Common) Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Sure, they’re always a dependable, can’t-miss tick...

Producing a book about birds and nesting is a dangerous business. First of all, there is the cuteness factor. The truth is that there...

I was flummoxed during a recent trip to Dallas as my company had changed our hotel and I had no idea where I was. Public...

In the Kimberley region of Western Australia there are both the Red-browed Pardalote and the Striated Pardalote. They are often heard with their continuous...

The swallows here in Montana have an admirable ability to assort themselves into nesting niches. Bank Swallows live in our many sandy banks. Tree...

A friend of mine has this contraption called a Mosquito Magnet that uses carbon dioxide to attract and vacuum up mosquitoes from his yard....

The nesting season is underway and people love to put up nest boxes. It seems an easy thing to do, you buy or make...

Back in the 1980s, it became popular for biologists to consider plant secondary compounds in understanding inter-species relationships and other ecological matters. I was...