I have had a certain love/hate relationship with the nighthawks. I love watching them sail around just as the sun set, joining the local...

We birders share common cause with farmers in our obsession with seasons, always wondering what new crop of avifauna is coming in. But any...

On our recent trip across the north of Australia we were lucky enough to encounter several Sarus Cranes-Grus antigone, which are incredibly tall and...

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....