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   Towards dusk this evening, at approximately 7:20 PM, I saw my first ever common nighthawk. It was just about half a mile from my house, on a road that I travel every week. At first I thought the long-winged bird off in the distance was a startled killdeer, but when the bird flew...

   A SWALLOW-TAILED kite has been causing quite a stir for local bird watchers and nature enthusiasts alike in Highland county and the surrounding area this week off of New Vienna Road between Jones and Connel roads. The bird was first discovered on the afternoon of August 15. Since then,...

   What I did not mention in the title, which you may like to know, is that the 'science lesson' in this article is derived from an undevolped feather from a young mourning dove that became lunch for some other species (whether a hawk or cat or other predator, I don't know). I was out...

   As you probably know, getting a crystal clear, high quality photo takes alot of time and work, except for one of those occassional lucky shots. But sometimes you wonder, how do the pros manage all of their seemingly flawless photographs where the subject (in this instance, a bird) is...

   I have written once in the past about utilizing Cornell Lab's eBird services, in particular the email alerts. I wrote after finding out about an active osprey nest only about 15 miles from my house, but once again, the email alerts have helped me make another exciting find, this time...

   I have written many times about fall birdwatching (here, here and here are a few examples). If you ask nearly any bird watcher when the best time of year to go birding is, they will probably all tell you the same thing: spring. But I would argue that fall is actually the best time to...

   I was in Pike County, Ohio, today, birding the area and was lucky enough to see both a green heron (my first green heron in a little over a year), and a rare bird. But in order to find out what the rare bird was, you will have to keep on reading. I began birding around 3:00 pm...

   Tonight in my search for the black-crowned night-herons that were reported at a nearby lake, I did not find the herons, but I did add a new bird to my life list- the chimney swift! That takes my life list tally up to 129. For those of you who don't know, chimney swifts are much like...

   I have subscribed to eBird needs alerts for over two years now, and they have been extremely helpful. Not only did they lead me to an nesting osprey pair not 30 minutes from my home, but now it will lead me on an adeventure to a nearby lake in search of black-crowned night-herons. And...