I am reposting this column from 2010 by popular demand, with an added link to The Screech Owl Companion. Squirrels

    Suddenly, a shout rang out.* It was me, yelling to no one in particular after looking out my living

    If you happened to see a guy in a red jacket by my Screech Owl nesting box earlier this

     One day earlier this month, bird after bird started to land on a Wood Duck nesting box near my

    My birding column in The Record and Herald-News today is all about the Christmas Bird Count — and how

   When I was at Hawk Mountain earlier this month, I hit the Daily Double of the bug world (at

   My column "The Bird Watcher" is in The Record today on Page F-5, and it is about one of

    We are officially almost ready for Screech Owl Season 2009-2010. The nesting box is empty, save for some fresh

   While waiting for an event to begin at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary last weekend, I noticed a few people pointing

      Photographer Kevin Watson and I will talk about our new coffee-table book "Hawk Mountain" at the first Fyke