Lady Helen has often made the point that we get very little opportunity to spend quality time together. The old saying “be careful what...

Reviewed regularly on this blogsite are: (1) bird identification guides, visual and sonic; (2) books about living with birds or caring for rescued birds;...

Plagues of Biblical proportions can generally be counted on to provide plenty of zoological variety, from droves of frogs and lice to swarms of...

At Nanhui, all bird parents are working parents – with all the stress that this brings. This Long-tailed Shrike probably thinks that China`s one-child...

I’ve always birded from home for as long as I can remember. I remember seeing a Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl sitting on our fencepost just after...

With their exceptional metabolism, Hummingbirds are almost constantly on the move to find each season’s best feeding grounds. My area of central Mexico is...

I am a birder living in the epicenter of the epicenter of COVID-19 right now. New York City is the hottest of hot spots,...

We all have a lot on our minds these days. With hope, a little time in nature—or at least looking at something wild from...