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Cooperative Feeding Nets Success for Humpback Whales

  The cold, dark waters of Southeast Alaska are mysterious and magical….

People Make the Difference…

  As you all know, I am not long home from an…

The Marvelous Marbled Godwit: A Labor Day Adventure

    WAKE UP! I nearly flew off of my couch, startled…

Stopping Time: The Story of a Parula and a Cherry Tree

  “Experiences are much more valuable than things. Things break. We get…

My Morning Routine: Turning A Simple Concept Toward Positive Action

  It is no secret to anyone that knows me, that I…

Big Picture Thinking: Our Stories

  Hello everyone! I’m so grateful for another week, and another chance…

FORETHOUGHT: A MOMENT TODAY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE

  As our lives collectively get busier and busier, in world full…

WILD YOUTH: REFLECTIONS ON MY EARLY YEARS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTING YOUTH TO NATURE

  As I sit at my desk this morning reading the latest…

MAKING AN IMPACT: HOW CAN WE SAVE BIRDS?

  It’s Monday morning. You’re sitting at your desk, daydreaming about the…

THOUGHTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND FATHER’S DAY BIRDING!

  Those that know me, know that my Father and I are…

SPECIES SPOTLIGHT : BALD EAGLE

  The Bald Eagle is one of the most recognizable and well…

GUIDES FROM THE WILD SIDE

  Greetings everyone! Another week has come and gone, and here we…

LOOKING BACK: THE BIGGEST WEEK IN AMERICAN BIRDING

  In my last blog, I wrote about the magic of the…

LOOKING FORWARD : A VERY BIG WEEK

  In just a few days, birders from all over the world…

BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN: A STORY OF PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS

  With spring migration now well underway, I thought, what better subject…

SPECIES SPOTLIGHT: YELLOW WARBLER

  Spring has sprung! As we shake off the cold and welcome…

SPECIES SPOTLIGHT: MEXICAN JAY

  As winter is leaving us, and we usher in spring, I…

SPECIES SPOTLIGHT: EVENING GROSBEAK

  One of the most colorful denizens of the north woods, Evening…

SPECIES SPOTLIGHT: COMMON REDPOLL

  My father and I arrived at our first destination in northern…

SPECIES SPOTLIGHT: NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL

  Owls. There’s just something about owls. They are mystical birds that…

Floreana Mockingbird – the rarest of the 4 Galapagos mockingbirds!

I’m slowly trying to catch up on photo editing from the past…

Tropical Kingbird in Maine!

There’s nothing better to pull a birder out of the mid-summer doldrums…

A Year of Birding with Gabriel Lugo!

My name is Gabriel Lugo, and for nearly 15 years, I’ve had…

SPRING 2024 BIRDING TRIP REPORTS

Our birding tours have been running at full speed this spring! Catch…

Tropical Kingbird in Cape May!

Tropical Kingbird has an infamous aversion to New Jersey, but finally Cape…

ZIMBABWE PHOTO SAFARI

If you’ve ever dreamed of photographing big cats, elephants, and birds on…

Aerial Display

Leaping from the top of a tall column. Soaring straight up into…

Backyard Bounty

June brings a bustle of avian activity to my suburban Philadelphia backyard….

Ocean City Summer Spectacle

Ocean City New Jersey is a favorite summer destination for surf, sand,…

“Kamchatka” Common Gull in Connecticut!

Patrick Dugan discovered a stunning adult “Kamchatka” Common Gull on February 10th…