I came late to bird feeding, and when I was finally able to put out a “thistle” sock and...

In a nice moment of serendipity, my review copy of Offshore Sea Life ID Guide: West Coast by Steve...

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

There is GISS and there is Birding by Impression and they are not the same.  GISS—general impression, size, shape—is...

Last month woodpeckers, this month penguins.  Some are cute, some are dignified (and royal!). None fly, most are curious...

There was no snow. That was the first thing we–our New Jersey Audubon group of 11 birders, led by...

Picidae, Woodpecker, is one of those charismatic bird families that everybody gets excited about. (Unless the woodpecker is drumming...

My knowledge of dinosaurs started and stopped with Jurassic Park (the movie, not the theme park), Patrick’s Dinosaurs, a charming...