When I picture state birds, I picture the gorgeous Scissor-tailed Flycatcher of Oklahoma, the pristine white feathers of Alaska’s Willow Ptarmigan, or the haunting...

Sunday morning started out like many of my Sundays, loading the camera gear, and heading out to whatever spots seems to catch my fancy....

Every self-described birder grapples sooner or later with the question of misplaced rarities, namely whether or not to chase them. Weird birds seem to...

There is one bird that visitors that come to Broome to bird often seek out and that is the Yellow Chat. It can be...

Long Island is a land of many stereotypes, yet “forests full of mysterious ruins” is not really one of them. But when you can’t...

The world’s temperate zones enter this weekend in a state of equipoise, balanced precariously between a season of migration and one of relative stasis. But...

Ahh, for the love of Hummingbirds! I mean, who doesn’t love these energetic little beauties? I grew up in the great Pacific Northwest, and...

I’m taking a three month break from writing to recharge (I can’t promise this will improve what I produce when I get back) so...