Dr. Ron J. Ryel, 1955-2015, was one of Utah's top birders and a mentor to myself and other birders in my community. (Photo via Quinney...

On the second full day of this cruise (2 December 2015), we started about 40 miles off the coast near Yachats, Oregon.  ( See Part 1 here. )...

You may call it the Promenade, but I call it the Birding Deck.  (Photo of the Ruby Princess cruise ship by Chris Favero, Creative Commons ...

Grandad O'Donnell giving me an early lesson in wildlife and fisheries management. When I was young and we went to my grandparents&...

Last week, my friend Jason and I went birding on Mt. Ord.  Mt. Ord is one of those places that is well known to locals, but probably rarely ...

. . . That's Black-footed Ferret, of course!  Last night I joined the Arizona Game and Fish Department on a spotlighting survey for Blac...

Melanie Banville watches for birds at sunrise from one of the Long-term Ecological Research sites along the Salt River in Phoenix Over ...