Apart from the first frenzied hours of my arrival in Oakland, birding was restricted primarily to those species eking out a living in my...

Yesterday, I described the excitement of landing in Oakland and birding Arrowhead Marsh. By the time I finished there, checked into my hotel, and...

Business has brought me to California this week and I’ve got to say, flying into Oakland is pretty sweet. Not only is the airport...

Last December, I joined a large and diverse collection of bloggers in examining how the concept of race impacts certain areas of our lives...

Alluring rumors of Pine Siskin enticed me to visit Van Cortlandt Park this weekend, but alas, just like every other time I’ve chased rarities...

Descriptions of birds having cryptic coloration can seem confusing or even macabre to those who only know the word “crypt” as a synonym for...

The field guide guiding us on our January 2006 trip to the Bahamas was A Field Guide to the Birds of the West Indies...

For some people, the idea of waking up before dawn to board a boat plying icy winter waters for distant views of ambiguous seabirds...