One of the prime benefits of living just a Great Lake away from the Canadian wilderness (e.g. Toronto) should be a bevy of winter...

Everyone knows who John James Audubon became: a renowned artist and naturalist whose inimitable style and spirit made him the paragon of American birding. ...

Did you know that Kenn and Kim Kaufman are now blogging? Actually, they’ve been blogging for a few months now but lately, they’ve really...

Darren Naish thoughtully reminds us (he first wrote about this in 2006) of the insidious Ifrita coronata, a pachycephalid passerine endemic to New Guinea....

You know your interest in birds has blossomed from passing to passion when you realize that you’re even enamored of avian artifacts from their...

Last year, we introduced you to Timeless Holiday Gifts for Birders. For this holiday season, we’re ushering in a new tradition: Review Week. Starting...

Here in the Unites States, we set aside the fourth Thursday in November to give thanks for the blessings we tend to take for...

If you’ve been following my I and the Bird introductions for any length of time, you know that I often use this space to...