Every weekend deserves at least a little excitement, but I’m finding it difficult to get too worked up about another ice-rimed February weekend. So...

Seriously? Just look at this drake. Pretty dapper wouldn’t you say? Pete Dunne calls the Gadwall (Anas strepera) the “Dapper Gray Dabbler.” Click on photos...

As members of an international community of nature lovers, we all experience the weekend in different parts of this wide, wide world. Consequently, only...

As I mentioned last week, we have suddenly found ourselves in the middle of the city of Melbourne and I am discovering all the...

Keep your eyes to the skies for gulls, but don’t breathe in too deeply! Here we lie fallow in mid-February. In just about every...

I’ve mentioned before the odd melancholy that comes from seeing extraordinary birds while knowing that the extraordinary circumstances that brought them to my local...

For many in the birding community, Miami is a destination meant only for ticking off ABA-countable exotics such as Spot-breasted Oriole or Red-whiskered Bulbul....

Not so long ago, there was a question on this blog: which is the most interesting gull in the world? In the last two...