Some ‘southern’ species have naturally expanded their range northwards. The increase in…

Today I got to watch a wonderful encounter between an immature Cooper’s…

It may still be the dead of winter, but when today’s temperatures…

With a solid covering of snow on the ground it is not…

Collared Aracari -photographed from the breakfast table at Black Rock Lodge. Today…

Yet another irruptive boreal species has shown up this winter, the Pine…

While out walking this morning I came across a puddle of feathers…

Since I mentioned in an earlier blog that the European Starling was…

I spent this morning back at Roosevelt Park looking at the waterfowl…

We have all seen ducks in ponds with their butts in the…

The new Crooked Tree Lodge — photo taken from the dock on…

The much maligned European Starling was introduced to Central Park, New York…

A Pied-billed Grebe trio on Crooked Tree Lagoon It was a beautiful…

A wonderful local find 5 days ago was a Le Conte’s Sparrow…

Common names are usually used to describe a certain attribute, body part…

It’s Thursday and I am off to Belize again! This tiny country…

In a nutshell, the rules of nomenclature (naming species) states that the…

At 1:25AM I picked up Frank. Edie was next at 1:40AM and…

One of the biggest challenges about leading birding trips around the world…

Seventeen of us participated in a DVOC field trip that Tony led…