A poster should be a kind of tease to your research, an appetizer, not the whole meal. After all, people looking at posters do not want to spend more than about 4 minutes looking at your work. So p…

Dear reader, I confess that I went back to Columbia Bottom Conservation Area the very next day, last Monday, to take another try at seeing the Rough-legged Hawk. This was because I had read more ab…

A NEW BOOK I'm reading emphasizes the word "watching" in the expression "bird watching," as in: Don't be in such a hurry to merely note that you've seen a bird, but instead really have a

I cannot remember ever chasing down a bird just because someone else saw it and eBird told me about it, but it was a chilly Sunday with little else outdoors to do. So my husband, little dog Zeus, a…

Do you want to learn a little more about topical science findings? Do many of the science stories you hear leave you with unanswered questions? Syma and Tim will discuss in non-technical language and ...

If I am not already awake, I will awaken enough to hear the dawn chorus out my open window here in Leland, Michigan. It begins with the American Robins and their familiar song and then Northern Car…

I had to ask ten people just to find two willing to review a paper I serve as editor for. I wanted three people but decided to go with two. Everyone knows how hard it is these days to get referees.…

I woke at 5 in the morning, earlier than the 6 AM I am aiming for, so I decided to sit outside under the birch tree and listen to the dawn chorus. It began just as I awakened with a lone American R…

Friends in the business world tell me that they do not write letters of recommendation any more. The most they will do is verify that a person worked in their company and give the dates. The reason…

Sometimes nature overwhelms. I wake up to a chorus of mostly robins but then the other birds join in, Song Sparrows, Tufted Titmice, Black-capped Chickadees, and then the one I wait for, the Northe…

An exploration of all the ways in which birds are social creatures—from breeding to nesting to babysitting In The Social Lives of Birds, evolutionary biologist and author of Slow Birding Joan Strassm...