SeaWorld and similar attractions that serve up cetacean entertainment to the masses don’t do that much for me. However, many of the professionals who...

The national bird of Estonia is the Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica.  Of course, in Estonia the bird is not called Barn Swallow.  In Estonian the...

Migrating warblers typically pass through Cyprus from March until May every Spring – a fact that is sadly taken advantage of by illegal poachers....

This week’s quiz is all about what we don’t know.  Or that the internet will allow anyone to post anything no matter whether it...

Bird watchers on my latitude and perhaps yours as well have reason to look forward to this coming weekend. I can’t promise an end...

According to Birds of North America Online, the Great-tailed Grackle’s (Quiscalus mexicanus) breeding range has been expanding northward for several years. I must say...

Last week I introduced the Great Frigatebird, one of five species of man-o-war bird. I got rather carried away showing all the plumages you...

I thought I’d take you along on an early spring quick birding trip in the high Arctic. Having already blown a deadline, and disappointed...