Most birders I know across the United States–and well beyond–seemed happier than usual this weekend, even ecstatic. Is a winter finch irruption really that...

One of the birds that I failed to mention last week at Mary Pool rest area is the Northern Rosella. Northern Rosella are resident...

Fall is well and truly underway and the shoreline is filling with waders and wildfowl. October has seen the return of closer to normal...

Usually when I think of unseasonably mild autumn weather, I picture a last gasp of summer manifesting itself with an early fall heat wave...

In C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia, one of the many fantastic characters is a rather human-like frog creature named Puddleglum. Puddleglum is an endlessly pessimistic,...

The final weekend of October carries a particularly macabre yet playful resonance in most years. The horrors of this particular year seem to have...

Western Australia is a very large state and often there are vast distances between towns. The closest town to Broome if we head south...

In a normal year, we’d enter the final weekend of October thinking of trivialities like tricks, treats, and maybe costume parties. Instead, a cloud...