The 2010 International Bird Watching Encounter in Guatemala is just drawing to an end. I’ve been fortunate enough to attend the Encounters in 2008...

Though most people probably have only heard of eiders in relation to eiderdown pillows, the Common Eider is a bird well worth getting to...

The Black Scoter Melanitta americana, called the American Scoter by some and Melanitta nigra by others*, is a large seaduck rather readily identified by...

What makes Ecuador one of the best countries for birdwatching in the world, bar none? Obviously, the highest species diversity per square mile doesn’t...

Via Kim, The Curious Birder, who posted this great video on Facebook.  If this doesn’t make you laugh or at least grin, well, 10,000...

February is the shortest month of the year. Consequently, you can’t waste a second if you want to fit a full month of activity...

Don’t you hate it when you’re forced to recognize you’re not quite as slick or savvy as you thought? I just had that realization...

With many, many, many apologies to Wallace Stevens, who does not deserve what I am about to do to his most famous poem, here...