On the first day of winter, June 1st, I had just seen Grant off to work and I had...

Congratulations and Ululations With an Egyptian wedding at the hotel coinciding with the Eurovision Song contest, I couldn’t resist...

One aspect of summer I absolutely love is the break from the routine. Obviously, that means a lot of...

Everyone probably knows the story of how the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) came to the shores of America during...

There are few families of birds as bewitching as the birds-of-paradise. They are feathered jewels with extraordinary breeding dances almost unrivalled  in...

I spent some quality time recently with a flock of Semipalmated Sandpipers at Big Egg Marsh in my home...

Birding’s Holy Grails. They lurk ever-present in our sub-concious as sacred items on an unobtainable, yet highly desirable, list....

I have a feeling that this summer is going to be weird. How else to interpret the sudden arrival...