I hope these Little Brown Job exercises are not getting old, or repetitive. With all of the modern techniques for learning, my technique is ...

“What a rich contrast! tropical colors, crimson breasts, on cold white snow! Such etherealness, such delicacy in the forms, such ripeness ...

As today's snow storm slowly got underway, the redpolls invaded my yard in numbers that left me breathless. The moments of repose for th...

Little Brown Jobs (LBJs) are mostly sparrows. But by no means are they always sparrows, as this exercise will remind us. LBJ #41 LBJ ...

#31 - American Tree Sparrow  #32 - Field Sparrow  #33 - Fox Sparrow  #34 - Purple Finch, female #35 - Seaside Sparrow -a large and awk...

Little Brown Jobs - continuing the exercises in identifying these often confusing birds. LBJ #36 LBJ #37 LBJ #38 LBJ #39 LBJ...

Last week I finished my column with a brief weather report on the day we counted. Then I began to wonder how I had recapped the weather for ...

Little Brown Jobs gradually become less mysterious and confusing as one becomes more familiar. Then a new one appears. The possibilities ar...

Individual portraits of a few feeder birds which visited during Monday's blizzard. Common Redpoll Evening Grosbeak Blue Jay ...