The Birdchaser

Had a nice walk at Peace Valley this morning, and picked up nine warbler species, as well as FOS Eastern Kingbird and Great Crested Flycatc...

When I was working for Audubon, I wrote an Audubon Birdscapes blog (www.audubonbirdscapes.org) to promote urban bird conservation. Shortly ...

I just heard my first Chimney Swifts of the Spring! Yeah!

This idea has been around for over 50 years, but here's a good example of a recent project in California.

For those of you who read Dutch, I just had an urban bird conservation article published in Vogelnieuws , the magazine of Vogelbescherming, ...

This time of year, Wild Turkey s are very conspicuous and active. Males are strutting, and females are gathering to check them out. I'...

News here .

Stopped by Peace Valley this morning for an hour or so and had 33 bird species, including First of Season (FOS) Barn Swallow and Brown Thr...

The American Bird Conservancy has a new handout on how to protect birds from flying into your windows. Check it out online here .

Perhaps the dumbest headline ever, from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Sort of like "Falling Man supports Newton's theories of Grav...

Today was the first time I've had a chance to slip over to see the female Tufted Duck that's been hanging out at a small sewage pon...

Rumor has it that Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, and Jack Black will be starring in a movie production of The Big Year, based on Mark Obamscik...

So this week I've been seeing the Common Grackle flocks moving through the area--one of the earliest bird signs of Spring in the Mid-At...

So I couldn't find my digital camera when I headed out to Peace Valley this morning, so I thought I would play around with my cell phone...

Check out this story about Northern Pygmy Owls from Oregon Field Guides . Fantastic video of these little birds. If this doesn't make ...

Ever wondered where the phrase "for the birds" came from? Check it out here .

For the past five years, my favorite part of working for Audubon was working behind the scenes of the Great Backyard Bird Count . Almost as...

Latest study published yesterday on the domestication of the Wild Turkey has it occurring at least twice--first in Mexico about 800 BCE, and...

Ten conservation biologists have just published What Conservation Biologists Can Do to Counter Trap-Neuter-Return: Response to Longcore et ...