Ladies and gentlemen, the Silly Season approaches. Parliament takes  a summer break and trivial stories fill the slow-news days. For birders, the summer brings...

The last weekend of July signals the midpoint of the current season, at least as far as the conventional calendar is concerned. Birds run...

In a society that values consensus and clarity, speaking out against the conventional wisdom or shared beliefs requires bravery. Sometimes a moment demands a...

Over recent weeks we have observed the departure of the thousands of Plumed Whistling-Ducks from the Broome Poo Ponds and now there are only...

Weekends, particularly those sweet summer ones, possess a remarkable elasticity, stretching and spilling over its shoulder days and beyond. We savor three-day weekends, crave...

That’s what lots of people have been screaming (well, metaphorically, anyway) as the Northern Hemisphere’s nesting season does a number on various projects and...

Perhaps some other time I’ll write in more detail about the links between Minnesota’s Bell Museum and birds. There are many. Now I’ll just...

Two weeks ago I introduced you to two pairs of our Pied Oystercatchers that were early egg layers this year and this week the...