Winter at Point Lookout, the easternmost point of land on the south shore of Long Island, New York, before one reaches Jones Inlet, can...

Tropical cyclones are part of life here in the north of Australia and this week we saw Tropical Cyclone Carlos reform just north of...

Now that I have a car I can get to places that were either too far to be really worth walking to or too...

Recinto 23 de Junio is by far the best place to see the Long-wattled Umbrellabird near Quito, Ecuador.  I have gone there a number...

The Black Phoebe is a familiar and confiding black-and-white flycatcher that can be found as far north as northern California and as far south...

Last weekend was the annual Great Backyard Bird Count, an effort to get folks all over North America to take note of the birds...

Some times you just need to be lucky to find something truly amazing, the one in a million occurrence. Serendipity is a big part...

Whether you’re an optimist or pessimist, you have to admit that our glasses are filling nicely, if not a bit slowly. This season of...