Drinking is an act of risk and vulnerability, though it’s such an everyday part of our existence that no one thinks of it that...

For all its enduring appeal as the perfect summer table fruit, the strawberry only seldom embarks on the hopeful journey to posterity undertaken by...

Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) was among the first 75 species listed...

I’ve been dragging my feet on wine reviews here at Booze and Birds for quite some time. Not that I haven’t been searching: by...

One of my early memories of birds is the abundance of Ospreys I saw after moving from Syracuse, New York downstate to eastern Long...

I was well into adulthood when I took up birding (at least in terms of legal age), and a few more years passed beyond...

Brewery Ommegang of Cooperstown, New York has long been one of my favorite breweries. Over the past two decades – the brewery celebrated its...

One of the first things most people think of when they think of Trinidad – perhaps after steel drums and calypso – is rum....