It stood like a sentinel at the entrance, lonely, waiting. I was running late, and yet I slowed the car down, to catch as much...

September sharpens one’s priorities, in that every weekend offers so much to do that only the most attractive or important options make the cut....

The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) — that towering icon of modern anthropogenic extinctions — was a pigeon. Not, as Linneaus thought, an ostrich, nor even,...

Australia is a vast country with a very small human population, which mostly clings to the edge of the continent. There are only approximately...

Parking lots in Miami-Dade county offer a mostly standard assortment of birds compared to the rest of the United States. We have House Sparrow,...

American fashion dictates that we retire our white shoes and frocks once the sun sets on Labor Day. Most blame snooty millionaires and sloppy...

Not all birding sites are created equal. Some sites have birds in such abundance you’re left shell-shocked, others are so grueling and demanding you...

[If you are looking for my first-Tuesday-of-the-month book review, it will be in this spot next week. For now, I present a story of...