Those infinitely patient saints who read all my ramblings know that over the past year I have been obsessed with the gradual disappearance of...

I wrote, a few weeks ago, about seeing my first Sedge (now Grass) Wrens through the kind invitation of a local biologist, and new...

Twice a year, in February and July, I make a pilgrimage to the Hot Country (Tierra Caliente) thorn forest zone around Paso Ancho, Michoacán....

Of all my favorite birding sites, by far the closest to home is la Cañada de los Filtros Viejos (“the Canyon of the Old...

Only two weeks ago, I commented that I had seen all but two of the wrens that can normally be found in Michoacán. The...

Or perhaps, “A Parade on Stilts”? “Stilts on Stilts”, even? After 38 years of life in Mexico, I rarely have the sort of stomach...

When it comes to wrens, central Mexico has it pretty good. We share seven resident species with different parts of the United States: the...

2021 is turning out to be a good year for trogons. So far, one third of my weekly outings have involved trogon sightings, with...