The 24th year of RRBO's Winter Bird Population Survey has been completed. After two brutally cold winters, this one was much milder,...

The Detroit River Michigan-Ontario Christmas Bird Count was held, as it is each year, on January 1. This was the 38th year for the count, w...

Time for an update on the seed and diet study -- one in which may explain why blog posts have been so infrequent over the past year. Recap...

I recently received a great honor: a new (albeit extinct) species of owl was named after me. Craves’s Giant Barn Owl ( Tyto cravesae ) was r...

Another new species has been added to the Dearborn checklist. I received, through a chain of 6 people, a clear photo of a Yellow Rail at t...