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The American woodcock (Scolopax minor), sometimes colloquially referred to as the timberdoodle, the bogsucker, the hokumpoke, and the Labrador twister, is a small shorebird species found primarily in the eastern half of North America. Woodcocks spend most of their time on the ground in brushy, young-forest habitats, where the birds' brown, black, and gray plumage provides excellent camouflage.

A long time bird watcher reports a white-crowned sparrow sighting, but not in a region of South Carolina where one might usually find it.

Rudy shares a list of birds that he sighted in his backyard during the Christmas cold snap.

If you are worried about a tree used by sapsuckers, you can wrap small gauge chicken wire or such around the trunk.

Like many birds, they also enjoy fruits and berries, in season, which are a consistent part of their diet.

The anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas.

“C” is for Carolina parakeet. Now extinct, the Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinenis) was a dove-sized (about thirty-five centimeters long) bird with a bright green body, yellow head, and orange face.

The pine warbler (Setophaga pinus) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.

Rudy shares some of his favorite birds that winter in South Carolina.

Today is January 27, and it’s Mozart’s birthday. I know I don’t have to tell you how wonderful Mozart’s music is to listen to… but if you’re not a musician yourself you may find it interesting to know that Mozart’s music is also wonderful to play. And it’s not that it’s easy—in fact it’s usually pretty hard, and sometimes very hard.