Henry James knew all about how transcendent this time of year can be, at least up here in the northern temperate zone: “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon;...

The only bird we saw in every state was the Turkey Vulture. No vast kettles, yet, only ones and twos. But the turkey vultures...

Keep your eyes to the skies, especially when you’re above the clouds in the Andes! Many Northern Hemisphere birders see summer as the nadir...

I’m at a yearly disadvantage when it comes to deciding my Best Bird of the Year (BBOY) here on 10,000 Birds. This is because...

There is a fantastic paper just out in Science: “Sustained miniaturization and anatomoical innovation in the dinosaurian anceestors of birds” by Michael Lee, Andrea...

Summer, by which I mean accepted as opposed to seasonal, surges towards its inevitable end and I find myself wondering when real summer, by which...

What Chat is That? Part 1 To the south of Johannesburg is an isolated mountain which rises from the surrounding plain. It plays host...

Keep your eyes to the skies for scrappy little birds harassing bigger birds… more common that you’d think! Sometimes the weather and the calendar...