Here is wishing everyone a happy Earth Day on this the 10th anniversary of the Ecobirder blog.

The Florida Scrub-jay is a rather unique bird. This member of the Corvidae family is found only in central Florida. It is the only bird t...

Double-crested cormorants are found through out much of North America. They are usually found in fresh or salt water habitats where they ...

 Black Vultures are one of two vulture species found in North America. In the U.S. they range primarily in the southeast, although their ...

Anhingas are a waterfowl that is found primarily around fresh water swamps and marshes. In the U.S. they breed around the Gulf Coast from...

 The zig zag darner is a dragonfly typically found primarily in eastern Canada. Their range does stretch down into a few northern states i...

 Last weekend I made my third trip down to southern Minnesota to photograph tundra swans. Each year tundra swans migrate from their breedi...

The olive sparrow is a secretive emberizine sparrow that is found in Mexico and Central America. In the United States it is found only...

 The long-billed thrasher is a southern relative of the more common brown thrasher. They are found in southern Texas and eastern Mexico....

The golden-fronted woodpecker is one of the most colorful woodpeckers found in North America. Their range extends from southern Oklahoma,...

 The eastern screech owl is a small owl found in the eastern United States and north eastern Mexico. Although they are fairly common many ...

 On our trip down to Texas last February we were fortunate to get some pictures of a curve-billed thrasher. We frequently see the long-bil...

 Most people know how pelicans hunt. From an early age many of us have seen cartoons that feature pelicans whose bill can expand like a la...

The American oystercatcher can be found around the coastal areas of North, South, and Central America as well as the Caribbean. They eat p...

 One nice thing about traveling to warm places during the winter is getting to see birds that you never get to see back home. In Minnesota...