Jessica Vaughan – Page 2

Two Thumbs Up for “Monty and Rose”

I’ve been looking forward to curling up with my laptop and watching Monty and Rose—a short film starring the first […]

My eight-year-old son is a rising birder, and he often surprises me with various pieces of bird art he has

Earlier this year, I reviewed for Bird Watcher’s Digest a sweet children’s book written by Sally Deems-Mogyordy and illustrated by

I have always enjoyed roaming old cemeteries, pondering over the names and dates and symbols on the gravestones, and since

Last week, several members of the Bird Watcher’s Digest staff headed to the shores of Lake Erie to spend a

While a depressing number of birding festivals have been canceled this year, don’t despair—there are several virtual birding festivals occurring

August is one of the quietest months of the year for birders. I have a handful of regular visitors to

One of the many (many, many…) side effects of becoming a birder is that once you start noticing birds, you

As a writer, editor, and all-around language lover, I am always delighted to come across new words—which happens a lot

This will be my fifth Father’s Day without my dad, and I’d like to say it gets easier, but that’s

There’s a bald bird at my feeder. What happened to it? Soon after nesting season ends, many birds replace their feathers.

Last winter during our annual Christmas Bird Count in southeastern Ohio, my team of birders visited an old barn known