I spent some time about a week ago watching this merlin at Tiscornia. He was pretty hungry.  I watched it eat a warbler, and then fly o...

He's Back.  For the severalth consecutive year.  This bird usually appears in September in the north and central part of the county befo...

It's that time of year.  The best time of year for finding rarities along southern Lake Michigan.  You've gotten a taste of somethin...

I think I've submitted 3 rare jaegers (2 poms and a longtail) to the MBRC over the last few years and have gone 0 for 3 with either no o...

The latest installment of book reviews for Princeton Press who graciously provided me a review copy... South American, the Bird Contin...

I know, I know, is there any other kind... A young Parasitic Jaeger sporadically harassed the local gulls and terns yesterday morning at T...

Lisa found a Franklin's Gull in New Buffalo yesterday.  I swung by this evening to see what would be on the beach, the Franklin's wa...