I am something of an aficionado of National Wildlife Refuges. On this site, I have attempted to list the top 25 NWRs for birding,...

July often means travel, which sometimes means tourist attractions, which occasionally means exotic or introduced bird species. Following me here? Encountering exotics raises all...

In the open woodlands not far from Broome we regularly encounter Jacky Winters–Microeca fascinans pallida. Jacky Winters are widespread across much of Australia apart from...

It’s all been happening this month. Just when we thought that the beats deserved a quiet month after the exertions of May, they came...

July rarely ranks high in the list of top birding months. Too few species on the move makes for the same old same old....

The compelling contrarian positions put forth during Come@Me Week undoubtedly had many of you questioning your core beliefs about birds, birding, conservation, and even...

This year is the eighteenth year since we discovered our first Pied Oystercatcher nest on Cable Beach in Broome and it didn’t take us...

Common names for birds really suck and should be reviewed to make them universally relevant. Why for example, call a gull with a brown...