For most folks I know, the weekend we just enjoyed is the last normal one of the calendar year. From now until early January,...

A recent proposal (555) to the AOU’s South American Classification Committee deals with newly published information about relationships within the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae, and...

The Little Curlew Numenius minutus is a medium sized shorebird and the smallest curlew to visit Australia. It is usually present in the Broome...

Even though this winter has been amazing for irrupting finches it is still not every day that a New Yorker gets to see White-winged...

I put up my bird feeders just a week ago, and already I’ve settled into a routine: In the morning, I fill them. As...

November is commonly thought, at least by me, to be a boring birding month in the temperate parts of North America. However, this month...

Considering how successful Skyfall, the newest James Bond movie, is right now, we’d like to remind you of 007’s ornithological origins…   James Bond...

I always take the Winter Finch Forecast with a grain of salt. It’s like a Farmer’s Almanac for predicting what wildlife will do and...