At this time of year in Broome there are often Swinhoe’s Snipe present at the Poo Ponds, but they are elusive and they did...

There are birds more prized by North American birders than the Great Gray Owl, but not many*. This huge ghost of the far north...

The Bible assures us in Ecclesiastes that there is nothing new under the sun. I beg to differ and concur, as usual, with the more...

This weekend, S. and I were counting waterbirds along the Danube and stumbled upon that Great Black-backed Gull that I told you about before...

I’m currently in one of my favorite states: exhausted (maybe even a tiny bit tipsy) in a hotel room sorting through mountains of bird...

The broadbills are always a family* that birders visiting South East Asia want to see, and who could blame them? They usually take up...

In a recent article on birding in USA Today, I was quoted as saying the following: Nate Swick, editor of the ABA’s blog, says...

I’ve only seen Tigerfish (Alestidae, genus Hydrocynus, usually Hydrocynus goliath) in two contexts, but I’ve seen a lot of them. One is on the...