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

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

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

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

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

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

Keep your eyes to the skies. Maybe you’ll see a Passenger Pigeon, but probably not… September offers enough worthwhile diversions...

So as some folks may have noticed, it seems that the centenniel of the Passenger Pigeon’s extinction is garnering...