Mid-December is an interesting time for birding, insofar as winter (or summer, in the Southern Hemisphere) species precede the official arrival of the season....

How many species have I observed this year? The malicious eBird answers: only 186! Yuck! Yes, I know, I’ll reach 190, but 200? No...

In my continuing coverage of the return migrants to the lower Baja, todays story is of the Long-billed Curlew. This extremely large shorebird, coming...

I love bustards. They are attractive regal looking birds that scream African savannah to me, even if the first I ever saw was in...

If you read our earlier post, you know that the national tourism office of Peru is giving away a 7-day bird watching adventure for...

Many of us have finally and perhaps painfully figured out that online communication mostly occurs in an echo chamber. Our presence on the web...

This is dedicated to “Daddy” who sadly slipped away from us in the evening of November 27th. He will be sorely missed by his...

This month’s list has been collated backwards from most recent sightings instead of taxanomical order to improve the list lusting experience. Note also that...