
Miami Exotics
Miami Exotics Western Spindalis was the star birding attraction in Miami during the 2015 holiday season. For most people, Miami conjures...

Auburn Christmas Bird Count
Auburn Christmas Bird Count On Saturday, Dec 19, 2015, I participated in my 22 consecutive Auburn CBC. I’m now the compiler for the...

Chicago Birding
I was invited to give a presentation to a national cage bird convention: the National Finch and Softbill Society last weekend (3 Dec...

Schoolhouse Prairie
Breeding Marbled Godwits were one of the treats that awaited me on the Schoolhouse Prairie near Tuttle. I got up early on May 21 and was...

Lost chances at Lostwood
Lostwood NWR held the promise of a prairie bird bonanza with life birds included but I found it to be disappointing in terms of the...

Prairie potholes
Prairie potholes are small wetlands that are teaming with birds. Virtually every duck that winters in Alabama are breeding in these...

Dancing grouse
I got to spend the morning of May 19 surrounded by dancing Sharp-tailed Grouse. I woke to clear skies and no wind on Tuesday morning, but...

Cold, windy drive to Arrowwood NWR
Snow-covered fields were not what I envisioned when I planned my late-May trip to North Dakota, but the northern plains are shaped by...

Greater Prairie-Chicken Lek: May 17 & 18
I always wanted to see a Wilson's Snipe on a fence post. They are such secretive birds when I see them in the winter in Alabama. ...

Plains Wanderer:
A photography and birding expedition to North Dakota and Minnesota
Sharp-tailed Grouse was one of my primary target birds going into my trip. I’ve always wanted to see the northern prairie and...