The C-111E Canal, one of several canals crossing the main road into Everglades National Park, provides another point of access to the same block...

Well birders, its been too long since I’ve had the chance to speak with you. A lot has happened since I’ve made an appearance...

Lucky Hammock, an assuming fragment of a tropical hardwood hammock set amongst abandoned farmland, is a veritable magnet for birds more typical of the...

Tyrannus tyrannus, better known as the Eastern Kingbird, is truly the King of Kings. Or, as you could choose to translate from the Latin...

I’ve been birding for nearly 2/3 of my life and, until this past weekend, I’d never even sniffed a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.  For a long...

When the word “phoebe” comes up, most people automatically think of things like the outermost of Saturn’s known satellites, the Greek Titan-goddess of the...

Steve Walter is a New York nature photographer, birder, and long-time member of the New York City Butterfly Club.  Readers of 10,000 Birds who...

The Black Phoebe is a familiar and confiding black-and-white flycatcher that can be found as far north as northern California and as far south...