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I first met Anthony Collerton when he was trying to see the Barrow’s Goldeneye at Jamaica Bay back in February. It was something like his fifth attempt at the bird. That made me wonder why someone would put so much energy into a species that is regular in New York and not a lifer. As [...]

Jeff Gordon is now just over one year into his reign as the President of the American Birding Association. We here at 10,000 Birds thought the first anniversary of his ascension to the throne would be a good time to ask him some questions about etiquette, the state of the ABA, and a variety of other topics.  Having now [...]

While in Ohio for the Midwest Birding Symposium Christopher, Susan, and I made our way to Metzger Marsh one day to see if there were any good birds out by the lake.  We didn’t find any at first but did run into Greg Miller, who just happens to be a rather famous birder of late [...]

Doing the book review of “The Crossbill Guide to Extremadura” really piqued my interest in the author and founder of the Crossbill Guides Foundation – I just loved the ethics and philosophy behind the foundation, and so I decided to contact the author and founder, Dirk Hilbers to see if he would mind opening up [...]

On a recent lunch break spent birding in Central Park rumors of both an early Blue-winged Warbler and an Al Levantin being present reached my ears.  Now, it is easy to explain why I wanted to see the Blue-winged Warbler; I am a birder and birders want to see birds.  But why did I want [...]

Alan Contreras is one of the deans of Oregon birding, having literally written the book (actually several) on the subject.  I came across his latest offering, Afield: Forty Years of Birding the American West, when Amazon suggested it to me, so I put it on my wish list and was lucky enough to receive a [...]