The title of this post is at the same time flattering and unflattering of Kangaroo Island, Australia. Flattering because the Galapagos is the benchmark...

I am not the least bit surprised that no one correctly identified what was in the quiz picture I posted on Friday.  After all,...

Some weekends are just bad for birds. In three of four NFL playoff games, birds named for birds played and lost. That’s right… teams...

When winter settles down birding can occasionally seem a little repetitive, even the Internet forums and blogs can dry up with little new material....

It’s the Wet Season here in Broome, but that does not necessarily mean that it will rain! Every year is different and a lot...

One great aspect of visiting southern California in winter is that birds are everywhere that there is even marginal habitat.  On my trip we...

The Amazon is the best place to see jacamars, so my wife and I were very happy to find a few of these large-insect...

Georg Wilhelm Steller was never in the Rockies in the first place. Also, he has been dead for more than 250 years now. Many...