Birds

The last weekend of July signals the midpoint of the current season, at least as far as the conventional calendar…

That’s what lots of people have been screaming (well, metaphorically, anyway) as the Northern Hemisphere’s nesting season does a number…

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

I know we all hate European Starlings; I know that as environmentalists, this is part of our job. But come…

This year wasn’t so bad, especially compared to what had to be endured in the early to mid 2010’s.  Just…

Who is eyeing gulls? I sure didn’t, for many years. Too simple. White and grey? Colouristically mediocre. Not even 60…

Let us begin by establishing the following facts as true: – I am not a monkey’s uncle, yet, in a…

It was the Pink Pigeons (Nesoenas mayeri) that got me thinking. Pink Pigeons were featured on episode four of the second…

Owls are mystical beasts that are well loved by both birders and those who casually look at birds. There are…

‘Tis the season when young birds fledge and take to the wing, or more commonly plunge to the ground where…