Field Notes

I spent some time at the western edge of Colorado where the landscape is very dry and the canyons are very deep. MacGillivray's War...

Nesting Black Swifts tend to be difficult to observe as they typically occupy nest sites behind inaccessible mountain waterfalls. An excepti...

I visited my best friend in Colorado last week and we had a blast of a time. Although birding was not the main purpose of my visit, I was st...

During our recent visit to Florida, we encountered a banded Piping Plover at Howard Park near Tarpon Springs. Hannah immediately recorded th...

Here are some more feathered Floridians! Mottled Duck (rear) with feral Mallard (front) To many, the Mottled Duck might appear borin...

We were in Florida again this winter and the shorebirding was particularly good. Here are some photo highlights... We had a sweep of the f...

I have been hearing bits and pieces about a decline in the population of Sanderlings and decided to search the internet for some authority o...