The first weekend of the fourth month of the year unites us all with exceptional birding opportunities. Did you join the party? I found...

April showers are said to bring May flowers, but this time of year offers far more than fancy flora. The avifauna, for example, can...

Snow this time of year feels a lot like an April Fool’s joke, but these last gasps of winter can’t change the prevailing winds...

All birding–with the possible exception of fantasy birding–depends on movement. Either the birds come to you, you go to the birds, or you and...

Here we are, one weekend into a season of migration. Did you make the most of it? Despite the miserable weather, I made a...

It’s official. The calendar has finally caught up to what birds have known for a while: a new season has sprung! Even better, this...

While you enjoyed the wearing of the green for St. Patrick’s Day, did you stop to wonder why so few birds wear green plumage?...

Most birders show reasonable to remarkable understanding of phenology. Our attunement to periodic plant and animal life cycle events explains why we anticipate migration...