Mallards can be dirty ducks.  Very, very, dirty ducks.  And while ducks in general are known for their hybridizing ways, none are as prolific...

Years ago, Charlie Moores coined the colorful term “manky mallard” to describe the motley menagerie of feral and domestic mallards (If you’re wondering, manky means...

Another weekend gone, another week ahead; are you satisfied with how you spent the last few days? Blue Jays in my area vied for attention more...

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...