Birders who submit their checklists to eBird likely know that their data may be used to conduct research on...

If May represents the apex of avian observation opportunities in most areas, June signals the slide down the slope...

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned the Black Kites breeding around Broome. There have also been Whistling Kites...

This was the month we (in the northern hemisphere) had all been waiting for, but what a strange month...

This week’s wine is a very easy-drinking white blend from the South African winery A.A. Badenhorst Family Wines. It’s...

What happens when you put a naturalist in a kayak, adrift in Africa? ‘There are no crocs around here,’...

I hope you will forgive my rather lurid title. No, I am not going to tell you about some...

David Sibley’s sketch of an Atlantic Puffin. I sat down at my dining room table, its wooden surface covered...