A point of avian trivia: Only one state eclipses Ohio in the number of gull species seen within its boundaries. It is California, which dwarfs Ohio in size and has 840 miles of Pacific coastline.

November is often a pretty good month for gulls, and so it has been this year. Dave Lambeth spotted an Iceland gull last week. This is a real rarity here. The sighting was the first record for Grand ...

A December or January eastern phoebe (a flycatcher) is a rare find here, although the same individual would be commonplace in warmer months. Although common here from roughly mid-September through mid ...

Recent bird sightings reported to Mass Audubon: Last week’s most interesting reports included a continuing Say’s phoebe in Hampshire County, an eared grebe and a tufted duck in Nantucket, a continuing ...