We finally did it! Leslie and I just returned from a 10-day birding trip to Costa Rica – something we had been talking about for several years. We had such a delightful time on this jam-packed “mega ...

Today we meet the blue grosbeak. This little songbird is a sometimes resident, sometimes migrant whose coloration has direct effects on its ability to welcome baby blue grosbeaks into the world. The ...

Elegant is an adjective that means pleasingly graceful and attractive in appearance and manner. This is the perfect description for the focus of today’s article, the great egret. The great egret ...