Welcome to the first feeder watch! Where birds get free food and you get pictures of them getting it....

My contribution to this year’s Great Backyard Bird Count could hardly be considered such. Great, that is. My “backyard”...

David Ringer of Search and Serendipity pondered some deceptively slippery subtleties about the nature of seeing recently: In that...

I have a coworker named Andrea who has never seen a bluebird. Granted, she is not a hardcore birder,...

(The alternate title for this post is “The Plover Pronunciation Poll Revisited.”) Often, the answer to one question leads...

Citizen scientists should mark off February 16-19, 2007 in their calendars. Those days mark the tenth annual Great Backyard...

Many a lifelong birder picked up his or her first field guide because of raptors. Bird of prey like...

I am not a big fan of gulls, at least not yet. Such refined bird watching tastes are beyond...