Despite what you may have heard, birders are incredibly easy to shop for. No, you may not be able...

Christine Guarino is a serious birder in a funny hat. When she is not writing about chickadees, identifying out-of-place...

My day Saturday was spent gulling the Niagara River, a most gull-friendly spot, especially in early winter. Three species...

Have you ever really stopped and really watched a group of House Sparrows? So many birders (too many perhaps)...

Handsome, yet seemingly modest, the Wood Duck is a bird each and every one of us should admire.  It...

In my post about the pelagic trip I took on Sunday I mentioned a jaeger that was spotted, a...

There are almost too many reasons to love Black-capped Chickadees, but I will try to elucidate just a few...

The last Great Auk in Britain was executed as a witch, or so the story goes. Perhaps executed is...