It’s a beautiful day, you’re out birding, and you come across a bird who, instead of perching 20 feet over your head or winging...

I have never in my life been more glad not to be a bug. … If you liked this post and want to see...

Most weeks, we tend to focus on the movements and migrations of birds. However, with upcoming Easter and Passover festivities and America’s all-important Spring...

Though this question is probably only relevant to birders in the midwest and northeast of the United States I feel compelled, like last year,...

Before arriving in the town of Copan Ruinas, Honduras, on February 27, 2009, I had only ever heard Inca Doves.  Their melancholy “no hope,...

Last week a mystery bird from New Jersey rightly caused a fair bit of confusion among birders of the Garden State and beyond.  The...

This week I find myself writing about Colombia again. But this should not come as a surprise as the country really is almost fathomless...

I have put this post off for a couple of months now because I wanted to avoid dealing with the huge pile of American...