I wanted Penguins. And Sunbirds. And Flamingos and Hornbills and a Secretarybird and birds with names like Hamerkop and Thick-knee and Eremomela (which I know...

The second edition of the National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, 2nd Edition has one of the longest book names in bird bookdom: National...

It is the 100th Anniversary of the extinction of the species known as the Passenger Pigeon and writers are paying attention.  Three books will...

[If you are looking for my first-Tuesday-of-the-month book review, it will be in this spot next week. For now, I present a story of...

We love our stuff, stuff being the term affectionately given to the objects with which we populate our lives. In birding, we like to...

The squawk is unmistakable, a harsh, high-pitched cry with undertones of bass, lasting about 2-seconds, followed by a second, then a third “Squaaawwwk.”  It’s...

I love reading children’s books, even though my child is well over the age when she asks to have them read at bedtime and...

One of the reasons I enjoy about reviewing books is the opportunity to read titles I wouldn’t ordinarily encounter, not because they aren’t good...