The Birdchaser

Hiked up Haycock Mountain near Lake Nockamixon this morning. Lots of birds singing, but not as many warbler species as I might have hoped (...

Partners in Flight, the cooperative effort to save birds in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, has just published a new plan-- Saving ou...

So a regional eBird reviewer in Oregon just sent me a note: We are asking for additional details on the following observation: Species: Cord...

Best bird this morning at Peace Valley were 3 singing Worm-eating Warblers . Don't get to see too many of those around here, so it was ...

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 ...