Today is International Vulture Awareness Day!  Rather than go into great detail about a variety of vultures as we have in the past, I...

I have taken refuge on the high ground as Irene batters the east coast of North America and Nanmadol swamps the Philipines, Taiwan and east...

“Self,” I said to myself, “it is Thursday. You have used up all your New York blogging material. You need something to write about.”...

Though they have a world-wide distribution and can be found on every continent except Antarctica, Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia is a bird that is not often spotted...

Labor and the rights of the American working class may have fallen into disrepute lately, but the Labor Day Weekend maintains nearly unanimous support....

There are two thoroughly enjoyable events for bird watchers coming up in the next couple of months. You’ve probably heard of both of these,...

The California Quail (Callipepla californica) is the California state bird, inhabiting scrub, broken chaparral and woodland edges primarily in California, Oregon, Washington and Baja California.  They are...

When it comes down to it New Zealand is all about islands. The whole place itself is an island, but the main islands are...