As August comes rushing to a close, the doldrums of the last few weeks have already started to give way to a new mass...

The beginning of August raises all kinds of mixed feelings, especially if you live in a temperate zone north of the Equator. Are we...

Weekends are like opinions: everyone has one, but you usually need to go online to find people who want to hear about yours. The...

The onset of summer birding doldrums in the temperate range of the Northern Hemisphere generally means highly restricted avian diversity… except in those places...

The best of summer birding in my experience takes place at the beach. Our land-locked species in temperate zones tend to become too focused...

Another weekend brings another example of the climate volatility induced by global warming. We just endured the warmest June on record, which may well...

While many Americans celebrated a certain vision of independence this past weekend, I like to think that any holiday, vacation, or sequence of at...

In the U.S., the end of June feels like the official beginning of the summer birds have already committed to months ago. We’re heading...