Jim Wright is an author and birding columnist. His latest book is The Real James Bond, available as a hardcover, an eBook and an...
One of the highlights of autumn for many birders in eastern North America is the annual release of the Winter Finch Forecast. Every September,...
Like many in the Northeast and Midwest of the United States, I’ve been holed up at home lately, thanks to a big winter storm...
This year has been a good year for me in terms of travel. Austria, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and a brief visit to California...
I was ostensibly taking a day off from birding. But I don’t think birders ever truly relax their watchfulness. Lady Gannet complains about my...
The Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) is a non-migratory bird that lives primarily in Ponderosa and Jeffrey Pine forests in western North America. These Pygmy Nuthatches were seen...
It’s back! Two years the original I and the Bird passed on to that great server block in the sky, Mike, Corey, and I...
We North Americans are spoiled with nuthatches. White-breasted and Red-breasted Nuthatches can be found across almost the entire continent, Brown-headed Nuthatches are common in...
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