I moved to Mexico in 1983 (and really should update my bio below). Angie, now my wife, moved here in 1985, and we married...

Twitching is a British term used to mean “the pursuit of a previously located rare bird.”… a twitcher who fails to see a rare bird...

I went to the rural park of Kilómetro 23 last Monday, so-called because of its distance from downtown Morelia. It is not one of...

A week ago Monday, I drove half an hour to get to the area between the little towns of La Escalera, El Palmar, y...

You know how you plan your regular Monday birding outing in spite of a category 2 hurricane making landfall on the coast, 135 miles...

I’ll be honest: As much as I enjoy writing for 10,000 Birds, there is an element of anxiety to the commitment. I’m not the...

In September 2021, I wrote for the first time here about one of the great birding spectacles in my region. As our summer rainy...

During my time writing for 10,000 Birds, I have made no secret of my love for salvias — especially Michoacán’s native salvias. In fact,...