All standard calendars include a 4th day of July, but we in the United States place just a bit more emphasis on recognizing that...

The Gulf Stream lies between 20-40 miles off the North Carolina coast, and to the unpracticed eye it looks scarcely different that the expanse...

Following on from last week we are venturing up the Fairfield-Leopold Road and it really is in pretty good condition for a gravel road,...

The Squacco Heron, Ardeola ralloides is an Old World heron, closely related to (and sharing a genus with) the eastern pond-herons.  It shares the common...

The United States sets the fourth day of July apart to focus with white-hot intensity (splashed with red and blue) on the concepts of...

While on a top-secret mission, I found the following at the bottom of a box filled with Petersonania and cheaply-printed knockoff Fuertes prints. The...

No, these are not highly-trained nestling Blue Jays posing artfully on an American flag. They’re just really cute orphaned Blue Jays who were raised...

I am starting a series of posts where I introduce little known birds we can relate. These would be mostly Neotropical birds that have...