I know of no other day of the year when a larger percentage of Americans are likely to be eating the same foods, unless...

Did you know that 10,000 Birds might, at any given moment, publish a post that could change your life?!? True, most of our commentary on birds, birding,...

November is normally a pretty dull month compared to some of the more extreme periods in our calendar year. The action doesn’t really heat...

The proprietors of Ecuador’s fabled Refugio Paz de las Aves may have pioneered the art of attracting secretive antpittas from the underbrush with fresh...

We’re heading into the third weekend of November, which every year (so far) is followed by the fourth weekend of November. If you live...

The Pied-billed Grebe,  a most wondrous waterfowl, perfectly exemplify the distinction between common and mundane. Podilymbus podiceps is most certainly common in my experience,...

Last week, I mentioned how odd the weather has been around here. By odd, of course, I mean absolutely lovely. I know these patterns...

How highly do you value a three-day weekend? For me, time of year exerts a significant impact on the worth of extra days off....