I usually spot Ruddy Turnstones in winter, hunkered down on windswept jetties being blasted by salt spray in the...

You’ve no doubt heard the famous expression, “If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed will go to...

There are many tales of a Tufted Titmouse taking hair from humans to use as nest-lining material.  Watching a...

Part 3 The birder walks across the bridge. She’s not birding. She’s headed for the farmers’ market. She read...

A most interesting question was posed to me by a birding friend.  I could not guess the answer despite...

Does anybody track how devastating spring migration must be to the global economy? Seriously, I know what kind of...

To a birder, migration means that you can live in Minnesota, New York, Paris or Moscow and see exotic...

Everyone knows what a jinx bird is.  It is a bird that dodges you like sanity does Michele Bachmann....