Florida

Storms can be fierce on the barrier Islands along the Florida Panhandle. Hurricanes are a very real possibility, but even…

I can’t wait for January! To be exact, 20-25 January 2016. Why? The 19th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife…

I think everyone can readily admit that owls are cool. Most are creatures of the night, swooping soundlessly from above…

There’s really only one thing that will roll me out of bed before first light on a Saturday: the possibility…

Sometimes great birding days are not about all the birds you see. Some are great because of just one. I …

A friend was in Florida, and as people in Florida are wont to do, he taunted me with pictures of…

I love terns. I find them graceful, entertaining, and a symbol of some truly incredible migrations. Plus, there was once…

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof” Carl Sagan   The ABA checklist committee has recently added the Egyptian Goose to the…

I have now officially moved to the Emerald Coast of Florida, a beautiful region on the Panhandle. I am within…

Birding in Florida is unique in that so much of that state’s plenty is evident even to the casual observer….