The Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus is a large black and white shorebird that has distinctive long pink legs. It has a fine straight bill and...

Caribbean dry forests with trees such as Gumbo Limbo, Pigeon-Plum, and West Indies Mahogany; remote breeding colonies of Sooty Tern, Brown Noddy, and Masked...

The first weekend of May is not a time to ask if one will be birding; that avian observation will ensue is a foregone...

I’m a biogeography buff, and I’m seriously disappointed when I get a guide book that doesn’t have maps in. One of the interesting things...

We birders in the northeastern United States are unbearable in April. All we do is complain about the lack of migrating birds so far...

Like many birders in the online era, I’m a big fan of eBird. The program’s merits scarcely have to be repeated here, but needless...

That’s right…I used the punchline from one of the worst jokes in history for this one, but it seems strangely apt. One thing I’ve...

Before the weekend began, I mentioned how swallows hadn’t invaded these northern latitudes yet. I was mistaken. Swallows are indeed here, which means spring...