Towns across New York state are celebrating Homecoming this weekend, which seems appropriate from the perspective of cooling temps and the urge to nest...

There is a virtual flock of new and interesting bird science news all of the sudden, including the rediscovery of an extinct Bahama Nuthatch....

Most of us have heard the phrase, “the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak,” while imagining such infirmity only befalls lesser souls....

The Great-billed Heron–Ardea sumatrana is one of the most elusive of all the herons in Australia and it stands over one metre tall. Although...

We’re in it now, and by “it” I don’t mean another academic year, although the recent rash of school open houses means were in...

Many birders have places they return to year after year, special pilgrimages promising scenes and species they see nowhere else. Enjoying these locations over...

It is always enjoyable to return to places that you have been to before to go birding and find out what has changed over...

Below the tropic of Capricorn, the omnipresent Turdus position is filled by the Rufous-bellied Thrush. In much the same way that the American Robin...