Holiday weekends rank among my very favorite things, but they can be somewhat problematic. At what point, for example,...

Yellow-crowned Night Herons have a presence about them when they are hunting that reminds me of Buddhist monks.  If...

Bird blogging is a privilege, in that recounting one’s birding excursions is a lot more fun when an audience...

Black Skimmers are another of those birds, like White-breasted Nuthatches, that people can’t help but like.  They have awesome...

Continued from Birdwatching Rio Canande Reserve.. On our final day of bird watching this northern Esmeraldas Choco Endemics site,...

Gulls can be gorgeous.  Gulls can also be not very gorgeous at all.  In summer, when feathers are worn...

The first time I saw a Western Tanager, it was in New York. In Central Park, to be exact....

Today’s quiz is all about birds.  Every clue is about birds.  Birds, birds, birds. The answer, however, is not...