I really wasn’t sure I’d ever end up doing a Turkey Vulture (TV in birding shorthand) profile, and not because…
I had a very interesting and productive trip to the River S Unit of the Ridgefield NWR last Friday. Even…
Western Tanagers are always an exciting bird to see, flashing that bright red head and yellow body, with the black…
For anyone curious about my prolonged vacation from writing these profiles, I talk about it in this blog “Refocusing in…
A dozen or so years ago, when I was a beginning birder, I really struggled with identifying the sparrows (and…
I am very fond of Gadwalls for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is their ease of…
When I asked my wife if she’d like to visit the area on the Cape Horn trail where we got…
Though they are presently the only species in the genus Passerculus, there are many different kinds of Savannah Sparrows! Depending on which…
Let me start out by saying that Golden-crowned Sparrows are my favorite sparrows. I do most of my birding during…
Buffleheads are small ducks (in fact they are the smallest sea duck in North America), although the bold, black and…