This is a Dunnock. It does not usually rate high on peoples’ Western Palearctic wish-lists, but Prunella modularis is a dapper little bird with...

As this series has already shown us, ornithological nomenclature is often a game of utter nepotism. Got a buddy whose birthday you forgot? Thinking...

Now that the season has officially shifted, we can expect migrants galore. Check the winds and weather where you are and go see some...

The Durango Highway is arguably one of North America’s great birding roads due to the great variety of habitats, the spectacular mountain scenery of...

What can be done to solve the intractable problem of wildlife and feral cats? Ask Peter Paonessa. Peter, who lives in Salem, CT, noticed...

All the way back in 2011 I wrote about the confusing taxanomic enigma that is the Collared Kingfisher, a species that ranges from the...

There’s really only one thing that will roll me out of bed before first light on a Saturday: the possibility of seeing birds. I...

Way back on 16 May I managed to see my 312 bird species in Queens to add to my Queens list. Somehow I forgot...