The Birdchaser

My first bird of 2024 this morning was a Blue Jay I heard from inside before I even left the house. So 2024 will be the Year of the Blue Ja...

 A couple years ago I posted this on the eBird discussion group in Facebook-- Very happy that this year eBird overhauled their database so t...

One of the things I love about birding is the window it provides onto the changing seasons, and the connection that fosters to the natural w...

So this may be the road most travelled by for me, I-80 out to Utah and back. We've done this drive several times, and when we are in a h...

Today marks 42 years as a birder. While I had been watching birds casually for awhile before then, 10 August 1981 is the day it really start...

Today I spent a beautiful morning out at  Boa Ogoi (Shoshone:Big River AKA Bear River) with Darren Parry , a member of the Northwestern Band...

Lat month my son Michael and I had a quick roadtrip out west, 7083 miles in 12 days. Not a lot of time for any real birding, but did log 175...

Another year in the books, and another year where I didn't leave the U.S. and hardly traveled outside of Pennsylvania. Here's to mor...

 October 18 marks my 20th anniversary as an eBird user!  Can't believe it has been 20 years!   As an old man, I now look back and see th...

 Back in 2020, I challenged birders in Philly, Delaware County, and Montgomery County to see which county could-- Find and report the most b...

 For the past week or so, a Great White Heron has been hanging out on the Manayunk Canal in NW Philly about a half hour from my house. This...

My house is right on Providence Rd, in the township of Nether Providence in Pennsylvania, so when I am yard birding, I am literally birding ...

The sun, dominating the horizon during my first hour of Outdoor Church I missed sunrise this morning, as I didn't get outside until ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has killed many people and disrupted the lives of many more.  While it is a terrible tragedy and scary for all of us, ...

Looking forward to my latest five lecture series coming up next week at Widener University--Ornitheology: Birds as Symbols and Messengers of...

As we wrap up another year, time to take a last look back at my birding for the year.  I had some great birding in my home county, but other...

When you are supposed to be birding the river for waterfowl, and all you get is this. Saturday was the 100th Glenolden PA CBC.  I woke u...

So I've been sitting on this review for over a year--a very worthy title that I want to do justice to, but have struggled with how to ...

This year for the Glenolden Christmas Bird Count I've inherited a 10 mile stretch of the Delaware River downstream from Philly, from the...

What is big, fat, white, American with big jowls? Last night my friend Sheryl Johnson was watching the sky over Haverford College, hoping ...