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The Hummer Chase 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
The definition of insanity is said to do the same thing over and over again while expecting different results. The same could be said of someone trying to take hummingbird pictures with a point and sh...
Vultures, Birds that we fear - Good or Bad? - BUITRES LAS AVES QUE NOS DAN MIEDO-¿MALAS O BUENAS? 26 Aug 2013 | 06:50 pm
Queridas y queridos amigos de Birding is fun, cuantas veces nos hemos planteado si las aves carroñeras son importantes o solo son aves sanguinarias y que dan malas noticias. Dear friends of Birding I...
Birding the C&O Canal Trail 24 Aug 2013 | 02:40 pm
Birding Riley’s Lock and the C&O Canal Trail August 24, 2013 Most of my birding is done on the weekends and I have several places around Maryland that are my favorite places for birding. The C & O c...
An Unusual Feeder Bird 23 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Shortly after waking up this past Monday morning, my wife yelled (nicely) up the stairs and told me hurry to our guest room window looking over our deck towards our feeding station. That always means ...
Guest Post: Sandpipers! 22 Aug 2013 | 07:42 pm
The countdown to 200 life birds for my son, Evan, was more of an excuse to get out and do some birding than it was to reach that milestone. But summer is a tough time to see birds, let alone add any ...
Head west, my friend 21 Aug 2013 | 12:56 pm
My "fall" shorebirding season kicked off very well this year, with my spotting of four willet and a marbled godwit in July at the beach at East Fork State Park. I thought that if I am seeing all this...
Beyond the Bins in Baja Arizona 20 Aug 2013 | 06:33 pm
Is there any place more amazingly birdy and astonishingly spectacular than Southeastern Arizona? For those of us ornithologically inclined places with names like Florida Was...
Plain Chachalaca 19 Aug 2013 | 07:31 pm
Plain Chachalaca I fell in love with the Plain Chachalacas the first time I saw them at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park in Mission, Texas. All About Birds calls them "A large chicken-like bird ...
Guest Post: Reflecting Back on a Warbler-filled Summer 19 Aug 2013 | 06:13 pm
Josh Wallestad writes about his birding adventures with his 6-year-old son, Evan, at A Boy Who Cried Heron. Evan's interest in birds long preceded Josh's, but they are now both obsessed with this hob...
New Mexico Hummingbird Festival 2013 18 Aug 2013 | 09:18 pm
The New Mexico Hummingbird Festival started nine years ago as a small event at Joan Day Martin's house in Sapillo, NM, near Lake Roberts in the Gila Wilderness. For the last two years, it has been he...