Cool name, cool bird! To our delight, Bat Falcons proved common in just about any open habitat in Guyana, from riverside clearings to agricultural lands. These natty little blue-and-orange birds weren’t the least bit shy, either; every morning we were at Iwokrama, one picked off the bats returning to roost in the thatched roof of […]

The same weather I’d been complaining about during the first couple of days of our visit seemed just right for a Thanksgiving morning: cold, gray, and snow in the air is the stuff of holiday memories in the midwest, and the short drive to my grandma’s house, once we cleared the stomach-wrenching sprawl of Sarpy […]

As you might expect, we ended up spending a fair bit of time inside in Nebraska last week. But that didn’t mean we went birdless; Carolyn’s feeders were busy the whole time, and they were attracting some species I hadn’t seen in the area in good numbers since the 1980s. (I have photos, too, but […]

It had been years, literally, since Alison and I had both been to Nebraska for a holiday, so we were very happy to find that our schedules would let us meet in Omaha this year for a short week with my family. Not quite so happy, I guess, to find it cold, gray, windy, and […]

The final issue of Winging It for 2007, and the last to appear with my name on the masthead, should be in ABA members’ mailboxes soon. It’s a hefty issue, and I owe our magical designer, Ed, huge thanks for fitting so much in this time.
The ‘lead’ article is about a new consortium of birder-friendly […]