The Birdchaser

I love quetzals. I love chocolate. So this chocolate quetzal sculpture really caught my eye!

While I'm in Belize looking at real toucans, here's an old classic for you... And of course, proving that our special talents and ab...

Is it just me, or are real birds more interesting than those concocted by folks selling beer?

Yellow-billed Magpies, native only to California, have proven extremely vulnerable to West Nile Virus infections. An article in the latest ...

I'm off for two weeks of collecting Mayan bird names and folklore in Belize and Guatemala. I've got some fun posts ready to go live...

There's one of these big boys in south Texas right now . Don't you wish you were there!?!

According to this story , magpies share the ability to recognize themselves in a mirror--a trait thought to be shared by relatively few spec...

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So, I was driving to work this morning when a police car pulled in behind me. After a couple miles and a couple turns, it was still behind ...

Birds save Batman. Good for some chuckles!

Here's a shot of me and some birding trip participants out in Salt Lake City for the Outdoor Retailers show last week. Gotta love drivi...

OK, its not online, but if you're interested, I have an article in the latest issue of Ponds Magazine . You can order it online, or che...

Leading the morning bird walk at Hog Island again this morning, we finally had a very birdy time. In fact, it might be the birdiest morning...

In leading a workshop session today at the Hog Island Audubon camp , I had to keep some people inside during the small group breakout activi...

After five days of birding the Great Salt Lake, I'm now back on Hog Island at the Audubon chapter leadership workshop. Today we cruised...

An afternoon scouting trip and another evening trip that I led to the south shore of the Great Salt Lake netted some fun birds including a s...

On my first (of eight) birding trips to the Great Salt Lake for the Outdoor Retailers show this weekend, the highlights were two baby stilts...

I've always wanted to see one of these babies in North America. Apparently one was kicking around Louisiana last week--see the Washing...

I've got a post on suburban Sandhill Cranes in Florida over at Audubon Birdscapes . This video shows just how urbanized these guys can...

I'm packing my bags for my trip out to Utah in the morning. Look forward to seeing old friends again--birds and humans. I'm leadin...