Few if any species are as emblematic of the Neotropics as Ramphastidae, the family that includes the toucans, toucanets, and aracaris. Even non-birders can...

If birding is life, I haven’t been living much lately. Various projects and the day to day grind of being the father of two...

December is when the holiday season really heats up just as the weather, at least in the northern hemisphere, takes a turn for the...

I mentioned last week that the large Pied Oystercatcher family that had successfully raised three chicks this year for the first time may soon...

A campaign is underway to vote for Britain’s National bird. The incumbent Robin (for anyone living to the west of the Atlantic, this is a European...

“OOOOOOOklahoma where the birds come sweepin’ down the plain…” I know – it’s supposed to be the wind, not the birds. No matter. I recently traveled...

Did you survive the double-barreled assault of Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Before you judge rabid deal hunters and conspicuous consumers too harshly, imagine...

Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) are among the most polarizing birds. They fulfill and important ecological and sanitary role by consuming dead, often diseased animals,...