Wildlife rehabilitator Julie Zickefoose is visited by the female red-tailed hawk she rescued from a barbed wire fence last fall. Julie ponders what the circling hawk recalls of her and the events of that unforgettable day.

Because the orange-crowned warbler’s namesake feature is rarely visible, this distinctively nondescript bird is often overlooked or mistaken for other species. ID guru Alvaro Jaramillo offers tips on how to distinguish this widespread warbler from its nearly identical cousins.

In the novel Moby-Dick, Captain Ahab is obsessed with seeking revenge on a white whale, coincidentally named Moby-Dick. Al Batt's quest isn’t driven by revenge. It’s the hope to see one bird.