The vibe of generosity that pervades the holiday season makes us imagine we’ll be showered with gifts everywhere we go. Yet the frenzy of...

Happy holidays one and all! Whether you’re indulging in the delights of a Christmas Bird Count or anxiously awaiting your annual freight of nature-themed...

Mid-December is rarely boring for anyone with lots of holiday shopping to do, but birders are as busy this time of year as anyone...

Around this time of year (or much, much earlier) we start hearing those beloved carols everywhere we go. But I don’t need reminding that...

Mid-December is an interesting time for birding, insofar as winter (or summer, in the Southern Hemisphere) species precede the official arrival of the season....

Many of us have finally and perhaps painfully figured out that online communication mostly occurs in an echo chamber. Our presence on the web...

If all that turkey talk last week didn’t tip you off, the holiday season is upon us. Don’t worry; you don’t have to start...

As the long Thanksgiving weekend ends (at least around here) and an excess of conspicuous consumerism ensues, we’ll all do well in the coming...