It’s June, it’s solstice time, it’s when the kids run out the front door of school screaming in jubilation. At least we did that...

Blackbirds, as a family, often have those simple descriptive names that are easy to mock (Yellow-rumped Warbler, ugh) until a non-birder comes describing such...

The solstice tells us that we are finally immersed in summer, assuming you live north of the Equator. Antipodeans are enjoying early winter, though...

Birders are utterly suspicious characters. By Greek law enforcement officers, I had already been taken for a spy. But, seen from the opposite angle,...

As I had promised last week, I will touch on my success trying to photograph a Mangrove Warbler. This turned out to be much...

Great Tit Telomeres, Baby Talk, Brainy Birds This morning, I have three interesting scientific findings related to bird for you. First, birds may age...

There are two types of birders that everyone hates – assholes and stringers. Which is worse, I don’t know. But everyone has dealt with...

Mid-June has so much to offer in the temperate zones, with breeders in one half of the world and migrants in the other. Those...