Archive - This Week in Birding

Piping Plover site has personal meaning

Mikayla Erickson is working to make Wisconsin Point a future breeding locale.

3 hrs ago •

April 2025

For peat's sake: where 36 warblers are headed

Many are en route to the untouched reaches of Canada's Boreal Forest, North America's Bird Nursery.

Apr 28 •

Dispatch from a brackish pond

Also, more on the early return of Pippin the Piping Plover—and now Imani.

Apr 21 •

TWiB Notes: A goose at Wrigley, first plovers, lakefront tour, and a tasty ale

Plovers in Ontario, Michigan, and Chicago are a welcome surprise.

Apr 14 •

Great expectations: Piping Plovers stir high hopes

The Great Lakes Piping Plover preview edition.

Apr 7 •

Happy April Fools' Day

A reminder that today is a day when we celebrate pranks, tall tales, and practical jokes.

Apr 1 •

March 2025

What I write about when not writing about birds

Caution: non-birding post ahead 🟡

Mar 31 •

A fresh sound of spring

Sparrow's energetic song is a welcome sign.

Mar 24 •

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A secretive flier arrives by moonlight

Woodcock's return is one of the early signs of spring.

Mar 17 •

Going quackers: the glories of Lord Mallard

Birds and people come together in strange ways.

Mar 10 •

What Greenland's birds have seen

Part 2 of 2: Last days of Disko expedition ended on a low note for Kumlien.

Mar 3 •

February 2025

Eider dreams: Ludwig Kumlien and Arctic birds

Part 1 of 2 chronicles a cold, dark winter on Baffin Island.

Feb 24 •

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