I was outside filling my feeder early in the morning of April 6, and the valley was full of a strange sound.

A common complaint of springtime birders is warbler neck, a soreness in the neck from looking overhead at small insect-eating birds in the treetops during April and May.

The first tree swallows have returned.

If you think that our blue jays, cardinals, goldfinches and other feeder birds are colorful enough, help may be on the way.

Once again, the west arm of the Lagoon Pond comes through.

Fish Hawk! The return of the osprey is an eagerly anticipated event.

Singing birds can now be heard on most mornings: chickadees, titmice, Carolina wrens, cardinals and robins have been singing for most of February.

Snowy owls are stocky and pretty much control the area around them.

A reminder that the annual Great Backyard Bird Count takes place Feb. 18-21.

Didn't the southward migration of birds just come to a close in mid-January?