Back in 2016 one very unexpected bird appeared in the Mexican highlands: an American Flamingo. It took up residence for part of each year...

The millions of stars and galaxies twinkling over the Rupununi Savanna in Guyana seem to reluctantly fade into a gradually lightening sky as the...

The Common Green Magpie looks anything but common. (I swear I came up with this sentence myself but later saw that Australian Geographic has...

San Diego has a lot going for it. There are beautiful beaches, a plethora of amazing food and drinks, a multitude of family fun...

For a while I was considering together with Jacob, whom I met on Helgoland during my month of volunteering at the bird observatory there,...

Just as the make and condition of a car tells you a lot about its owner, so a person’s binoculars tell you a lot...

Last week I commented that I spent that week teaching at the Presbyterian Southeastern Theological Seminary in the Mexican city of Villahermosa. One of...

All birds have value. I do believe that but…if I had to choose between a Rock Pigeon and a Golden-hooded Tanager, you can guess...