I hope everyone participated in at least one day of the four day Great Backyard Bird Count of 2018....

As tree crowns grow thinner, Autumn becomes the true woodpecker season. September in the Balkans started with the usual...

One of the best things about our annual Lassen Park campout is that we get to see several species...

Black Woodpeckers are usually easy to find in Germany. Yes, some birders may frown at this statement. At least...

Let us no more speak of this week’s  extraordinary failure by a cast of Falcons to finish off their...

I dipped a bird recently – possibly a lifer. While crossing Gramos Mountain in northern Greece, a Dendrocopos woodpecker...

Unlike cavity nesting ducklings which hatch precocial (eyes open, covered with down and ready to go), most cavity nesting...

My nestling Red-shafted Northern Flickers (Colaptes auratus) are around two weeks old now and the adults are still entering...