Parrots captivate me more than any other bird family. I am a self-proclaimed psittacophile. For one, they are remarkably diverse with a little over...

Many people have heard of the immense Amazon Rainforest with its astonishing biodiversity. Some people might have heard of the highly endangered Atlantic Rainforest...

Although many South Florida specialties can be seen throughout the year such as White-crowned Pigeon and Snail Kite, most visiting birders decide to come...

Caribbean dry forests with trees such as Gumbo Limbo, Pigeon-Plum, and West Indies Mahogany; remote breeding colonies of Sooty Tern, Brown Noddy, and Masked...

The Pantanal is a vast, seasonally flooded wetland — the largest in the world — in the southwest corner of the state of Mato...

Few people can imagine (or even take seriously) the life of a birding guide at a lodge in the tropics, so I thought it...

Wow. What an amazing year for birding and traveling in the year 2013! I recorded a personal best of 1,587 species across only four...

After over a year of planning and preparation (and after a quick trip to the Pantanal and Chapada dos Guimaraes), I finally arrived at...