To all but the greediest rice and spirulina farmers of Southeast Asia, any member of the genus Lonchura is a joy to watch. The munias, or...

Broome has huge tides and it is very hard to explain or for someone to understand the extremes unless they have experienced it for...

So as many of my loyal readers know, I have a very mixed relationship with vagrants and the chasing thereof. Nevertheless, when a Baikal...

No time to talk… it’s May! Birds are on the wing in a big way. Keep your eyes to the skies and you may...

I had an interesting email come in this winter: “I have been photographing birds for the past 8 years and have been confronted by...

People ascribe near mythic status to the members of the family Delphinidae (and other related families). Even people with no other interest in wildlife,...

Icterus is a wide-ranging neotropical genus consisting of the technicolor blackbirds we call orioles. The two dozen species are, nearly to an individual, long...

No matter where you live in the world, you’ve probably noticed how interesting the unfolding of this season is becoming. True, many of you...