Do much birding in the city, and your thoughts will turn again and again to feral pigeons. As I have pointed out before, we...

I have repeatedly declared my love for the Black-throated Blue Warbler. The Cape May Warbler, which I have added to my life list just...

Perhaps I was always destined for disappointment this spring, between last year’s ridiculous May migration bonanza and the killer birds I started the year...

“So what birds have you seen lately,” people say to me when they’ve run out of other things to say and don’t mind listening...

Owls are among the birds with the greatest power to fascinate non-birders, for good and ill. From the ancient Greeks to my ex-boyfriend, people...

Here at 10,000 Birds we take great pride in bringing you the most exotic and challenging stories of birding around the world. At my...

At the request of blog management, I’m embarking on a series of posts on the names of birds. Since we’ve covered some generalities already,...

Dominic Couzens is a prolific writer who has published tens of books on birds and birding in addition to his magazine work, but Tales...