The Birdchaser

 "O n the morning of a  beautiful , clear day, early in the spring" of 1820, a young Joseph Smith retired to the woods near his ho...

OK, it isn't Groundhog Day, but here we go again. As was the case last year, my first bird this year was a Blue Jay. So lets try this ag...

So this past year has been momentous. I took a new job at the Palmyra Temple in Palmyra, New York in January, we finally sold our house in ...

My first bird of 2024 this morning was a Blue Jay I heard from inside before I even left the house. So 2024 will be the Year of the Blue Ja...

 A couple years ago I posted this on the eBird discussion group in Facebook-- Very happy that this year eBird overhauled their database so t...

One of the things I love about birding is the window it provides onto the changing seasons, and the connection that fosters to the natural w...

So this may be the road most travelled by for me, I-80 out to Utah and back. We've done this drive several times, and when we are in a h...