Birders of every faith and philosophy are in the Christmas spirit this weekend, or rather the Christmas Bird Count spirit. We wish you a...

The Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) in the photo above, shown landing at Fort De Soto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida, is used with...

It’s the time of the year again, where I leave the sometimes ephemeral Austral summer of New Zealand for a foreign clime. This year...

Winter is one of my favorite times to bird, mainly due to the proliferation of shorebirds that stalk their prey on the sandy beaches...

Tradeoffs in behavior, and plasticity We assume natural selection has shaped birds to avoid predators. Noticing predators, reacting to them perhaps with an alarm...

By the second weekend of December, you may not know what you’re getting for the holidays, but you probably know which Christmas Bird Counts...

Since this is the season of love and harmony and all things nice, I sincerely and originally had planned to write an equally nice,...

Marble Bar is situated in the Pilbara area of Western Australia and is the largest shire in the world. Marble Bar has some interesting...