As I mentioned last week, upon my return last month from California, where I had birded a couple of hours each day, I was...

Well, it was a good run… I managed to write four weekly posts about the five days I spent in California last month. Which...

Anytime I travel, I do what it takes to get in some birding. After all, the best way to find new birds is to...

Any California-raised person knows that it just doesn’t rain in California in June. San Francisco averages two-tenths of an inch for the month, while...

An eternity ago, when our now-adult children were young enough to watch Sesame Street, that show used to have segments about diversity with the...

I may have mentioned in previous posts that I have recently had a to-the-death struggle with the Mexican banking system. This has made me...

All right, I’ll admit it. I’m feeling pretty good about myself right now. I came back from a Monday birding trip and told my...

Towhees are large, ground-hugging sparrows that occur only in North America. They belong to either the Pipilo or Melozone genera, or perhaps both, as...