This weekend, we’re celebrating Independence Day in the good old U.S. of A. The 4th of July means a lot of things to Americans,...

On the last day on Kazakhstan as we drove from oasis to oasis, birding spot to birding spot, I was amazed at how variable...

July is the traditional time of year in the United States to purchase the new Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, better known as...

…but even if it did I still find it hard to believe that a duck refused medical treatment.

As we continued east from Almaty the air got drier and drier and the landscape got more and more desolate.  We passed a town...