In the light of the (worrying) news that Corey is writing a field guide (yes, I’m up to date now), it struck me as...

Here in the United States, we are gripped by March Madness. While this epic basketball tournament can make people pretty crazy, the real madness...

Over the many years that I have done voluntary work I have corresponded with many people regarding shorebirds and some of these people I...

Most folks in the Northern Hemisphere feel a sense of exultation at the thought that spring officially arrives this weekend. Of course, spring weather...

While February offers some good birding (wintering waterbirds, gulls), it is a kind of an anticlimax after the intensive and hectic schedule of the...

Birding after long flights is a double-edged sword. On the one hand you’ve flown halfway across the world, or all the way across the...

I recently returned from my family’s annual spring trip to Florida, and unlike years previous I didn’t get any special time set aside to...

Ecology is amazing. We see interrelationships between plants, animals, and other features of a biological system that can be very complex and in various...