To a birder, migration means that you can live in Minnesota, New York, Paris or Moscow and see exotic tropical birds such as Piranga...

Everyone knows what a jinx bird is.  It is a bird that dodges you like sanity does Michele Bachmann.  No matter how hard you...

The use of digital devices to attract birds is getting more and more attention. It’s been brewing on birding listservs for years. I wrote...

As entertaining as it has been reading about the lovely spring migrations in North America recently, it might be worth remembering the fate of...

“Jah Man (pronounced Jamon)” is something you will hear often when visiting Jamaica. You will hear it as a greeting, an affirmation and as encouragement....

Brown-headed Cowbirds evoke strong feelings in many birders, some of whom can’t abide a bird that lays its eggs in other birds’ nests, often...

The more I learn about ducks, the more impressed I am with their blatant promiscuity. Mallards, of course, bring new meaning to the term...

Wood-Warbler Week has drawn to a close here on 10,000 Birds, yet all around the world the warbler watching remains hot and heavy. Why...