August is one of the quietest months of the year for birders. I have a handful of regular visitors to the yard—mainly jays, robins, cardinals, song sparrows, and downies, plus an eastern wood pewee somewhere out there calling day in and day out. Always a welcome sight (and sound), but not super exciting. Things will… Read more »
One of the many (many, many…) side effects of becoming a birder is that once you start noticing birds, you start noticing other things with wings. For a growing number of birders, one of those things to catch our fancy is moths. And one of the great things about watching moths is that they become… Read more »
As a writer, editor, and all-around language lover, I am always delighted to come across new words—which happens a lot as I delve deeper into the birding world. Upon receiving a copy of Dr. Michael Kinsey’s Dreams of Zugunruhe, I was eager to jump in and find out what this big word in the title… Read more »
Last winter during our annual Christmas Bird Count in southeastern Ohio, my team of birders visited an old barn known to have roosting barn owls, hoping to add them to our species list. While we did not lay eyes on the owl (darn it, would’ve been a lifer for me!), one of the leaders located… Read more »
Like many of you, my life turned upside down with the announcement that schools would be closing for at least three weeks—and possibly the remainder of the school year. For me, that means that instead of juggling my assistant editor duties at Bird Watcher’s Digest with just a toddler and preschooler at home, now my… Read more »
