Spring migration is underway! This was expected, as we had a stretch of warm days with generally southern winds.

What is going on with red-breasted mergansers? Why are these handsome ducks so scarce this winter?

Last week Lanny McDowell reported that Happy Spongberg spotted an osprey on Feb. 22, an unusually early date.

The best sighting of the week has to be Alex Friedman’s sighting of four subadult bald eagles on Oyster Pond on Feb. 13.

This weekend is the annual Great Backyard Bird Count, when you can watch birds and help scientists understand bird populations.

Imagine that you are a thick-billed murre. You prefer to swim, and love on the ocean for 10 months of the year.