Today was one of those February days I treasure. The sun cast a welcome warmth, and swaths of snow-bleached grass […]

 I have dreamt of this day for 35 years. The Varied Thrush—a bird of the misty, forested edges of Alaska

 I had the absolute honor of watching this Rusty Blackbird forage on the margins of ice near Spruce Creek a

 Despite the drake curl and hints of green emerging on this Mallard’s head, this bird is 100% a female Mallard.

 Sinking Valley has a couple arctic visitors. Lapland Longspurs. Right now they are in their winter plumage and easy to

A winter storm has blown in from the west, and while it isn’t showing up as a particularly thick band

Saw-whet skunked! A trip to Berks County in search of a monitored Saw-whet Owl turned up only some fresh “white

Yesterday afternoon, I had my first-ever experience with one of my favorite birds—the Saw-whet Owl. Sort of.   I remember hearing