NARITA, JAPAN, DECEMBER 2012 – The art and science of layover birding deserves more rigorous study and perhaps a federal grant. From what airports...

This is one of those weekends where actually watching birds gets in the way of writing about them, so I’ll cut to the chase....

Nature lovers who love to travel know that few experiences are more enjoyable than preparation for a big trip. The mundane details that actually...

Nothing stirs this birder’s sense of excitement and adventure like the preparation involved in a trip to a new part of the world. Studying...

We’re entering the home stretch of the calendar year with just one more month to go before 2013. December tends to be a hectic...

We in the United States just enjoyed (or endured) the most commercial weekend of the calendar year. The extravagant  culinary commitment of Thanksgiving Thursday seems...

Most Americans are enjoying an early Thanksgiving weekend, for which I’m thankful. My family and many others are looking forward to veritable feasts to...

For most folks I know, the weekend we just enjoyed is the last normal one of the calendar year. From now until early January,...