Articles I Have Written – Page 4 – Beyond the Field Guide

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The Merlin App and Its Sound ID

The free Merlin app from The Cornell Lab is a wonderful tool for birders of all abilities. Photos, descriptions, range maps, and recordings of songs are just a few of this app’s features. Now there is an additional feature called ‘Sound ID’.

The Turkey Vulture – The True Harbinger of Spring!

I took this photo this morning – a Turkey Vulture at the side of our house right at the edge of the lake. When I see Turkey Vultures soaring high up in the sky, I always think of them as black birds, but you can see in this photo that is a trick of light […]

Eurasian Tree Sparrows and House Sparrows – Similarities and Differences

Cleon and I live in central Illinois and range maps in field guides or online – especially those published before 2012 – can show that we are out of this bird’s range. The Eurasian Tree Sparrow is not native to North America, but was introduced in St. Louis and established itself in the city and […]