Nightjars, Potoos, Frogmouths, Oilbird, and Owlet-nightjars of the World, by Nigel Cleere When Princeton University Press asked if I'...

Western Sandpipers Although southern Idaho has the Snake River running across it, most of southern Idaho is desert.  A string of desert res...

Coming this month!  ...a real treasure - a travel-sized book covering the birds of the Greater and Lesser Antilles and the Bahamas, so real...

My friend and contributor to the Idaho Birding Blog, Michael Wiegand will be hosting hummingbird bander Fred Bassett at his veritable bi...

Song Sparrows are so commonly seen year-round that I often make of note of their presence, but don't spend a lot of time looking at the...

We have reached the 210th day of the year, and thus the conclusion of our Idaho eBird competition.  Thank you all who participated and made...

I have always enjoyed the outdoors.  Birding and bird photography have just helped me enjoy it more deeply.  My focus isn't strictly on...

At the same Hot Spring Campground near Garden Valley, Idaho where I had the Nuthatch Trifecta , we had several White-headed Woodpeckers.  I...

During the 4th of July (Independence Day) weekend, we had a Mortensen Family Reunion .  We camped at the Hot Spring Campground near Garden...

Only one person tried, and Cliff did get 6 of them correct.  Here are the answers: 1.  Yellow-breasted Chat - taken in my community of Avi...

We recently had this male Bobolink in breeding plumage near Middleton, Idaho in Canyon County.  This distinct blackbird is not very common...