The Birdchaser

Here's a small group of geese (family?) that was hanging out near Lake Towhee, Bucks Co., PA earlier this month. Can you identify them?

Quick stop at Peace Valley this morning, in the high winds, produced the following migrants: Red-throated Loon (1) Red-necked Grebe (2) Grea...

Spent an enjoyable morning visiting with Ed Sinkler , Arlene Koch , and Dennis Glew while waiting for and occasionally watching the female ...

(Turkey from Classic Maya vase ) In our family, Thanksgiving is Turkey Day. Since 2004, I've been taking the kids out each Thanksgiving...

Now on YouTube. Enjoy watching birders watching birds!

Steve Martin was on Letterman talking about shooting The Big Year (see discussion from about 2:25-5:05). (Hat tip: John )

Found this 1979 Ebony article where crooner Barry White talks about his love for air (birds), water (fish), and earth (horses). At the tim...

Last week I made some very critical remarks about the national Audubon organization and some of its historic and organizational struggles....

As hopefully a final post in this recent series on birds and Audubon , I'd just like to highlight some of what I really love about Audub...

Features an owl. Of course. Birds rule! And help restore sanity and/or fear! BTW, Sit Vis Nobiscum is Latin for May the Force Be Wit...

This week I visited The Research Museum at the Acopian Center for Ornithology at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Their bird...

What hazards are killing birds? How does our society deal with these hazards? Yesterday I was up visiting researchers at Muhlenberg Colleg...

Here's a recent list from the BBC's Stephen Moss . Heavy emphasis on the BRIT in celeBRITy here, no mention of American birdwatcher...

Rummaging around in my files this afternoon, I found a copy of a letter that I sent to then American Birding Association president Greg Butc...

The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America is a colossal wonder. As advertised, it has: --More photos (3,400) than any other Nor...

SYDNEY (AP) —A new museum exhibit about Australian rock band AC/DC makes some startling revelations, including that the anthem "For Tho...

John Puschock is a Seattle-based bird tour leader and owner of Zugunruhe Birding Tours , which offers tours to far-flung birding hot spots i...

A couple years ago I charted the rise of the bird photo field guide . Since then, several new photo field guides have come out, including t...

Earlier this year Princeton University Press (in the US) published Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney, and Dan Zetterström's Birds of Euro...