I still use the term “bird watching” rather than “birding”. This is the term that I grew up with and it more accurately describes...

Tragically, McSweeney’s doesn’t have quite enough hard-core birders in the audience to appreciate this. But I thought you guys would! Look, you guys, I...

Mid-August may feel like the doldrums where you are, but you can trust that more birds are coming your way. Hang in there! My...

In reading a recent story by our esteemed writer, Mr. Redgannet, I was brought to mind some recent photos of a Double-crested Cormorant, which...

The first week of August marks that point in the year where most people I know start to bemoan the impending end of summer....

In Australia it is winter in July, but the weather is as perfect as you could hope for in the north of the country...

The beats have managed to overcome the summer-birding doldrums. 9 beats sent in 64 checklists finding 513 species between them. Lists were shared from USA, Costa Rica,...

Real seasons shift more quickly and subtly than our crude quartile scheme suggests. While the calendar asserts that we in the Northern Hemisphere are...