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

Everyone likes to see a rare bird. Whether it’s new for your life list, country list, state list, or county list, a new bird...

I know we all hate European Starlings; I know that as environmentalists, this is part of our job. But come on. Like Darth Vader,...

This year wasn’t so bad, especially compared to what had to be endured in the early to mid 2010’s.  Just look at your favourite...

Who is eyeing gulls? I sure didn’t, for many years. Too simple. White and grey? Colouristically mediocre. Not even 60 species worldwide? Too easy....

Let us begin by establishing the following facts as true: – I am not a monkey’s uncle, yet, in a certain way, I am....

I remember my first Bald Eagle so vividly. I dragged the guy I had just started seeing (reader, I married him) on a frosty February...

Birders are fairly easy to spot. Many wear awful clothes, variations of beige and khaki with legs that can be zipped off to make...