Americans celebrate our nation’s independence the same way we observe most other holidays: three-day weekend! Not that we really need three whole days to...

For the most of the visitors to Baja California Sur, the name Los Frailes means little or nothing. This is a completely different story...

I have seen dozens of Snowy Plovers and other shorebirds along the Emerald Coast of Florida, but until last week I had never seen...

We’re getting some steamy temps in the temperate zone I live in, which confirms every other sign that summer is here. Maybe those of...

There is no denying the fact that birders are a discriminating bunch. This seems to apply especially to birders in North American since most...

Having spent several weeks in the bush in remote areas south of Broome I have plenty to share, so choosing a place to start...

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...