The Birdchaser

Sometimes life events shatter your psyche, leaving you to pick up the pieces. Other times, they melt your brain, leaving you with a gooey m...

I'm in Juneau getting ready to board our cruise ship for exploring the Glacier Bay and the Inside Passage. Here I am with a native Tlin...

Probably the most abundant and ubiquitous bird on Oahu, the Common Myna was introduced to Hawaii from India in 1865 by Dr. William Hildebra...

Oahu is covered with birds. That said, birding Oahu can be a challenge! Upon arriving in Honolulu, one quickly sees Spotted Doves and Whit...

It has been two weeks since Audubon let me go, and almost as long since I've posted anything. Enjoyed a trip to Austin with my family, ...

If you haven't seen this classic produced by my friend Evan for the Daily Show, treat yourself! Little known fact: Audubon had the chan...

While birding this past Saturday I brushed off three wood ticks that got onto me in the field, and when I got home I pulled off one nymph de...

In eight hours today we found the following birds in the Wissahickon Watershed in and around Ambler, Montgomery Co, Pennsylvania. Usually ...

The rain finally stopped long enough this morning for a short foray into the woods on my way into the office this morning (only three more d...

Yesterday I was informed that Audubon was eliminating my position and my last day of work there will be May 11. I'll miss helping run t...

I don't remember when in the early 90s I first heard about Phoebe Snetsinger, the indomitable middle-aged birder who became a legend cha...

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So here's the challenge: A) find the bird, B) tell me what it is. At least as good as published photos of 21st Century Ivory-billed Woo...

(photo: wikimedia commons ) Ah Europe, you gotta love a place where you can see tits every day and talk about them with a straight face! Th...

Snapped a photo of this beauty yesterday in Hofgarten park in Düsseldorf. It's a Central Asian bird, and since this is Western Europe, ...

One of the things I get a kick out over here in Germany are the little stairs in all the fountains so baby ducks can get in and out of the w...

Benrath Schloss, a big pink palace in southern Düsseldorf is a great spot, but maybe not the birdiest set of grounds in mid-April. Lots of...

OK, very cool castle. Not many birds. Coot, Tufted Duck, Mute Swan in the mote. Jackdaws on the castle. White Wagtails on the grass and ...

Spent a nice couple of hours walking out to the northernmost spit of sand in Denmark this afternoon with my kids. Lots of great birds aroun...

Yesterday I spent the afternoon in Hasseler Forst, a local park and birding spot here in Düsseldorf. I was able to find about 35 species wh...