Ask any British birdwatcher to name their least favourite birds and the chances are high that the Common Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus, will top the...

Serious birders may have an obsessive interest in birds, but as we all know one thing they don’t like are birds which, they believe,...

It is not true that voting is not allowed in China. I asked about 10 Chinese birders about the best Chinese provinces for birding...

The migration of North America’s Monarch Butterflies (Danaus Plexippus Plexippus) is one of the wonders of the natural world. Unlike our feathered friends’ migration,...

Going along with the concept of making promises at this time of year, here are 25 of the birdiest resolutions I could come up...

The California Central Valley is one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world. According to Wikipedia: “On less than 1 percent of...

I have a strong suspicion that the person who named the Collared Laughingthrush only had a black-and-white photo available when deciding on the name....

In my last article I highlighted some of the birds that I associate with this time of the year. Two of them, Northern Gannet...