The last weekend of July signals the midpoint of the current season, at least as far as the conventional calendar is concerned. Birds run...

In a society that values consensus and clarity, speaking out against the conventional wisdom or shared beliefs requires bravery. Sometimes a moment demands a...

Weekends, particularly those sweet summer ones, possess a remarkable elasticity, stretching and spilling over its shoulder days and beyond. We savor three-day weekends, crave...

Summer weekends often mean summer road trips, mixed blessings at best. Of course, we love to visit new places and enjoy cool breezes at...

July often means travel, which sometimes means tourist attractions, which occasionally means exotic or introduced bird species. Following me here? Encountering exotics raises all...

July rarely ranks high in the list of top birding months. Too few species on the move makes for the same old same old....

The birding around Lago de Yojoa in Honduras is frankly phenomenal, as I learned during a June 2018 birding junket organized by the Instituto...

The compelling contrarian positions put forth during Come@Me Week undoubtedly had many of you questioning your core beliefs about birds, birding, conservation, and even...