House finches that use cigarette butts in the nest may get some insect protection. Canuck the Crow is causing some mail delivery problems. Also, you can follow him on Facebook. Eagle mistakes testicles for turtle eggs (fake news).Report your dic

Eastern phoebe feeding a brown-headed cowbird chick.  Cowbirds are kind of like the Manchurian Candidate. Gay griffon vulture pa

Weird things happening on bird cams. There appears to be a Canada goose uprising and they're taking over osprey nest platforms. Not all ospreys are taking it lying down. The field guide we've all been waiting for: The Field Guide To Dumb Birds of Nor

Help a graduate fund her research project. How much would you pay to go glamping for a nigh parrot in Australia?The city if Wichita is offering tips to prevent herons and egrets from nesting in your yard. The California super bloom has been grea

Birders wandering the streets of Innsbruck on a rainy night.  Recently, I was in Austria with a bunch of other birders from around th

Have you seen Swarovski's new BTX scope? Also, the Cotton Carrier tactical birding harness is no joke and comfortable in the field. Are you having a hard day? Check out this bubbler type bath with a buttload of Allen's hummingbirds. Why do turke

I remember years ago in my twenties working at a wild bird feeding store and reading Kingbird Highway by Kenn Kaufman on a slow day and thinking, "Man, I'm wasting my life by playing

One of the most common questions I get in my Tech Birding classes is, “Why is there no Shazam-type app that will allow me to use my phone to identify bird calls?"Two reasons:1.     Birds have accents. Generally, when you hear Adele s

We're having our third straight weird winter in Minnesota. A third winter of unpredictable weather patters. February used to be my guaranteed snow shoe hike month and for the past three winters I've had to just call them hikes or cancel them because thaw

The owl drama is intense this month on social media. You can follow the hashtag #owlmasterbaiters on Facebook to following along. Funny caracara story and terrible caracara movie. Lawsuit in New York to protect threatened piping plovers from non