Once upon a time, in the hazy past of 2013, I was asked to write a zombie story. This happened to a lot of...
It’s Christmas Bird Count season, and if you know Christmas Bird Counts you have probably heard the tale of how Frank Chapman invented this...
A miserable little pile of secrets… no wait, that’s something else. But rails are commonly paired with the adjective “secretive.” While I’m well-known for...
About four years ago I first wrote about the Pink-headed Duck, a charming species related to the pochards (although how, exactly, is up for...
Monarchs. They’re practically honorary birds – beloved, much written about, rather visible and charismatic in their stripey larval form and spectacularly so as vivid...
Most birders of my acquaintance are also broader naturalists. They note butterflies, dragonflies, herps; they understand at least a bit about the ecosystems they...
Henry Philemon Attwater was born in Brighton, England and spent his early adult years in Canada, but the state of Texas – which he...
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