The first shot of Birders is of a helicopter. It’s an official-looking helicopter, photographed flying in the air at eye level, as if we’re...

Are seabirds the last frontier of bird identification? Steve N. G. Howell and Kirk Zufelt certainly think so. They say so right here in...

It’s never too late or too early to buy a children’s book about birds. You never know when you’ll be invited to a small...

Antpittas and Gnateaters by Harold F. Greeney was recommended to me as a book I HAD to review by no less than three birding...

The Philippine Eagle has a kind face. I couldn’t help thinking this–me, the anthropomorphism hater– as I watched a pair of Philippine Eagles tend...

A feather is a magical thing. There is a wonder to its construction and color, a mystery that goes beyond what we know anatomically...

“Get a field guide!” That’s what novice birders are told, over and over. But, sometimes an appreciation of birds and birding requires more than...

I like sparrows. I like observing them, reading about them, grappling with species and subspecies identification, and even—on a good day—talking about sparrow taxonomy....