Twice a year, in February and July, I make a pilgrimage to the Hot Country (Tierra Caliente) thorn forest zone around Paso Ancho, Michoacán....

Of all my favorite birding sites, by far the closest to home is la Cañada de los Filtros Viejos (“the Canyon of the Old...

Only two weeks ago, I commented that I had seen all but two of the wrens that can normally be found in Michoacán. The...

Or perhaps, “A Parade on Stilts”? “Stilts on Stilts”, even? After 38 years of life in Mexico, I rarely have the sort of stomach...

When it comes to wrens, central Mexico has it pretty good. We share seven resident species with different parts of the United States: the...

2021 is turning out to be a good year for trogons. So far, one third of my weekly outings have involved trogon sightings, with...

May 29th was my 63rd birthday, and I got the best birthday present possible. It rained! And it wasn’t a passing shower; no, it...

It’s all about the avocados. Sometime back in 2018, I started sharing some of my photos by e-mail with my sister and aunt. But...