He had a reverential regard for birds from an early age, and he turned it into a thriving business. “I call him the Zen ...

And on all sides, the air is alive with the songs of desert birds. The deserts of the Southwest provide excellent birding.

A surefire and highly optimistic harbinger of spring is the great horned owl. The massive owl is the first Ohio bird species to commence nesting, sometimes laying eggs by late January.