When visiting Sydney I have in the past tended to visit birding sites near the coast and centre, by virtue of that being where my...

The Grey-headed Robin of Australia is not a robin as Americans would know one (thinking, inexplicably, that a thrush is a robin), nor is...

Luck. In Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Novels luck is the goddess that only the foolhardy worship, or even mention by name. Call her the Lady....

I’m off to Sydney on Friday for a long weekend (I never get tired of saying that). I’ll be splitting my time between my...

While all the posts I see in the blog (when I can bring myself to read it and let’s face it, that isn’t often...

New Zealand can generate some interesting yard birds. We may not have huge numbers of species, but we can find some real specialties. I’ve...

People ascribe near mythic status to the members of the family Delphinidae (and other related families). Even people with no other interest in wildlife,...

My weekly column goes out on Wednesdays in the US, the home of 10,000 Birds, but due to the date line from my perspective...