Cheyenne Bottoms Kansas
I stopped at Cheyanne Bottoms in central Kansas on my way through the plains states. I would not have planned a special trip to Cheyenne...
Hunting Ivory-billed Woodpeckers Along the Cache River (fifteen years too late)
The only hint of the ivorybill frenzy that swept through the Brinkley region of Arkansas in 2005 that I could find in 2020 was a sign in...
An Epic Pandemic Birding Road Trip
Before the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic swept world and changed daily life for nearly every human on Earth, I had trips planned to Puerto Rico,...
Birding in a Pandemic
Boat-tailed Grackle are rare in Alabama away from salt marsh habitat in Mobile and Baldwin Counties, but they now appear to be...
1996 Alabama Big Year
A Clay-colored Sparrow, like this bird that I photographed in Minnesota, was Adam Byrne's record-setting 306th species for the year in...
Alabama Pelagic trip 2019
We had a choppy ocean for our 2019 Alabama pelagic trip. I find Alabama to be a fine state for birding. The dullest portion of the year...
High Plains Drifters
The map in my eBird profile reveals not only where I need to do more birding—it shows me what states, provinces, and countries I have yet...
North Slope birding
Snow Bunting were in view almost constantly both in the town of Barrow and in the surrounding tundra. With my wife and fellow Auburn...
Birding Victoria part II
The second day of Victoria birding with Simon Starr focused on the dry woodland habitat NW of Melbourne. On day two of our Victoria bird...
Birding Victoria Australia
A 3-day blitz with Simon Starr leading We starting our bird tour of beautiful Victoria Australia in the spectacular primeval woodlands in...
