James Russell Lowell famously wondered, “And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days…” Of course, he...

What is it about Owls that casts such a spell over folk? If there is one order of birds that is guaranteed to draw involuntary gasps...

September is a ‘tweener month, straddling two seasons and belonging entirely to neither. Helen Hunt Jackson describes this delectable transition in a poem entitled, what else, September:...

Birds fascinate us for many reasons. Flight, beauty, the glimpse into the world of dinosaurs,  to mention but a few of those reasons. The...

September migration is a fine time to appreciate birds on the wing, so fine that many of you may have missed many of our Extinction...

In the few weeks we have been in Palmerston I have been enjoying some great birds and the cycling paths are particularly good and...

Extinction is sometimes more confusing than it looks. It is easy to tell when some species become extinct — a Martha or a Lonesome...

The 19-teens were not a good time for North American birdlife. Not more than four years following the final breath of the last living...