Late September affords birders in the Northern Hemispheres some of our most glorious weekends. That plenty of birds are...

One summer my father came to visit from his home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He is the handiest of...

Mating systems and parental care patterns can be odd among birds. Male-female role reversal, happens in some familiar birds,...

Treeswifts are funny little things. They’re swifts, only they aren’t, actually. When they were first described they were thought...

Ron Pittaway has published his winter finch forecast for the winter of 2014-2015. Though Ron is based in Ontario...

Back in January, when I was enjoying my attendance at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival down in...

James Russell Lowell famously wondered, “And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come...

What is it about Owls that casts such a spell over folk? If there is one order of birds that...