The Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) and the Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) were considered different forms of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) until 1983 when...

More than a few groups of birds around the world have been given names with wren in it, almost as if the sight of...

I was just browsing through my iPhoto library and I realised that I have almost no photos of the Mute Swan (Cygnus olor). In...

Limpkins are Apple Snail specialists.  That is, they eat snails of the genus Pomacea to the exclusion of all else, provided the snails are...

By the time you read this blog post I will hopefully have checked my first lifer of the day off and be on to...

Do you get out birding much? If you’re checking in here on a Monday morning, chances are you have a bird tale to tell....

We have had a wet week in Broome with a tropical low to our north and further down the coast there is a cyclone....

I am having a wonderful time at the 15th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. Instead of going into the gory details at...