Early this morning I was out on the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge looking at common shorebirds and...

A few weeks ago I headed up to Lassen Volcanic National Park to photograph a family of Water Ouzels that one of our Audubon...

There are two species in the Old World woodpecker genus that sounds like birds that birders would never be able to see. They are...

The month of July is drawing to a close, so prepare yourself for the inevitable chorus expressing surprise, chagrin, and dismay at the imminent...

We have just been able to take a few days away from Broome to go birding and camping to the north-east of here. There...

The Camino de Santiago wasn’t always de Santiago, and it didn’t always end in the saint’s namesake city. According to some legends, the path...

I’m not a big fan of bird banding. When I see a band I imagine something slipping beneath it and trapping the bird, I’ve...

July is ending, which prompts me to inquire whether you are making the most of your months. Summer months mean a lot to me,...