For January 1st, 2013, I decided to do something a little different this year — a Big Day in Miami-Dade, which involves seeing or...

On a Big Year, every species counts equally, even the lowly Mallard Last year saw quite a few big year records fall to dedicated...

At the time this post goes live I’ll be wandering around Hong Hong in a bemused state of mind trying to identify not only...

It’s one of the subtle joys of doing Christmas Bird Counts to be assigned the same area over and over again over the years. ...

“In 80 birding tours to more than 100 countries, that was definitely the best day of birding I have ever had in my life!’...

The 2013 ABA Bird of the Year has been announced. Congratulations to the Common Nighthawk! It’s a nice bird, though no Green Heron. It’s...

Two-thousand-twelve was a pretty darn good year for me birding-wise and otherwise. Seeing 525 species was nice, as was the fact that I birded...

One weekend does not dictate the tempo of a year, but it never hurts to get a year off on the right foot. How...