Every year birders tell me there were “not many” birds or it was very “quiet out there,” but we still seem to get around the ...

The Christmas Bird Count is typically one of my birding highlights of the year. This year was no exception.

The day was not strikingly perfect, but it was the best day available. Dick Van Dyke said, “We should never judge a day by its weather.” That’s good advice, but advice that’s not always easily taken.