Two epigraphs open Bernd Heinrich’s White Feathers:  The Nesting Lives of Tree Swallows, each so redolent of his work as a whole, not just...

If birders say they love birds ostensibly because they can fly and we cannot, then there must be no more beloved group of birds...

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY, April 2010 Everyone knows that New York City is an extremely expensive place to live.  If one is...

Whenever I see Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) I know that Spring is upon us. I have witnessed small groups of these gorgeous aerial acrobats...

We here at 10,000 Birds love our Welcome Wednesday guest posts – partly (we admit) because it means that we don’t have to fire...