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...

This odd weekend began with the end of March, which didn’t exactly go out like a lamb, and ended with the beginning of April....

I have started a little project a few weeks ago. More precisely, I have started a project with a small goal (hence my calling...

I was thrilled to be seing warblers so early in March, until I remembered that Townsend’s Warblers can be seen along the west coast...

If you see shorebirds on a coastal beach in North America they are most likely Sanderlings (Calidris alba).  If they are running back and...