Nearly everywhere in the world, birds are on the wing, not just traveling to and from their daily haunts but returning to their ancestral...

At home in Broome we are often awoken by Blue-winged Kookaburras and their insane chattering, but here in Melbourne the Kookaburra family is represented...

I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of the year today in the same place as last year – Rockaway Community Park in southern...

This week I am appealing for bird feeding recipes that include peanut butter. As part of an art installation, I needed a couple of...

Once spring has tentatively sprung in the northern half of the world, spring break must inevitably follow. So many of you are rushing to...

At the request of blog management, I’m embarking on a series of posts on the names of birds. Since we’ve covered some generalities already,...

This is the reason I’m birding in Tanzania with no field guide. The last time I visited my friend India, who lives in the...

One of the most impressive aspects of the Tropical Rainforests is the incredible array of sounds produced by animals. Interior forest animals, from invertebrates...