On behalf of Chat Happens, Ryan and I would like to thank the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History for the inclusion of this site in their list of top ‘Recommended Sites’ on the web. This is especially humbling when we are placed near such great avian sites including: Bird Watcher’s Digest, Thayer Birding […]

On January 20th, 2007 in Soulsbyville, California, a male Smew (Mergellus albellus) was found by Steven Umland on a pond, accompanying many Mallards, and even some Ring-necked Ducks. This rare Eurasian species has been detected in the state of CA before, however: anytime this hard-to-get merganser appears (anywhere in North America), one must question the […]