Today is Valentine’s Day – which means that at this very moment, countless would-be Romeos and hopeful Casanovas are undoubtedly scurrying around at the...

I have commented before on the privilege and pain of living in a state (Michoacán, Mexico) which hosts 10 out of the 15 Empidonax...

Bird feeding is serious business. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service estimates that Americans spend nearly $1 billion annually on bird houses, feeders, nest...

I’ve learned a thing or two about winter birding since I’ve moved to a place with an abundance of winter. First and foremost, not...

During the recent months we spent in Victoria we were lucky enough to observe a pair of Hooded Plovers. Hooded Plovers are only found...

Two epigraphs open Bernd Heinrich’s White Feathers:  The Nesting Lives of Tree Swallows, each so redolent of his work as a whole, not just...

This post is inspired by a misconception. When I checked the photograph shown below, it was on a small screen in bright sunlight. In...

February birding may qualify as boring in many parts of the world, but that simplistic observation ignores all the excitement a truly engaged and...