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Breaking the Ice: A Christmas Bird Count Story

On Christmas Day in 1900, ornithologist Frank Chapman proposed something radical: instead of going out to shoot as many birds as possible, why not count…

4 hrs ago • Bill Davison

December 2025

Juncos and the Open Hand

Our fractured psyches mirror themselves in a fractured world.

Dec 26, 2025 • Bill Davison

Introverted Protocols

Friends of mine told me they saw short-eared owls flying over a large hay field south of town.

Dec 19, 2025 • Bill Davison

When Bad Sleep Becomes a Lens

Seeing Nature through the Fog of a Sleeping Disorder

Dec 12, 2025 • Bill Davison

Crossing Thresholds: A Conversation with Maya C Popa

Today I’m sharing something special—a collaboration with poet Maya C Popa, whose work explores how poetry enacts wonder and changes us in the process.

Dec 5, 2025 • Bill Davison and Maya C. Popa

November 2025

Dodging the Hawk: Navigating Thanksgiving Expectations

Black-capped Chickadees, American Goldfinches, and House Sparrows gather at the feeder in a fluttering, twittering wave of dawn energy.

Nov 27, 2025 • Bill Davison

A weakened sun.

Nov 21, 2025 • Bill Davison

Three Ounces Against Ten

Red-headed Woodpeckers were once common like Robins.

Nov 14, 2025 • Bill Davison

Beyond the Merlin App: Learning to Listen

There are infinite ways to be a birder.

Nov 7, 2025 • Bill Davison

October 2025

The Iridescence of Intelligence: Seeing the Genius in the Grackle

Pin Oak leaves danced in the breeze as I watched an Orange Crowned Warbler probe clusters of acorns.

Oct 31, 2025 • Bill Davison

Birdwatching Is Having a Moment - And We Need to Talk About It

Something is shifting.

Oct 24, 2025 • Bill Davison

The Migration Conversation: How Birds and Cooperation are Rewriting the Rules of Nature

For decades, we’ve imagined migrating birds as solitary travelers guided by instinct across thousands of miles.

Oct 17, 2025 • Bill Davison

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