On our last visit to Tasmania we visited the area of Lauderdale to the south-east of Hobart. There is a Conservation area there to...

Geographically, Cyprus is caught between the Western and Central Paleo-arctic. And we get all sorts of vagrants it seems, especially in winter. Last winter...

Oh no… the winter doldrums have overtaken me. I cannot abide the idea of bundling up and dragging my carcass through the snow in...

Today, January 20, a public meeting is convening in Nashville, Tennessee, to decide the fate of anywhere from 300 to 2,199 Sandhill Cranes, depending...

The Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma california) is a non-migratory member of the Corvidae family found in scrub and dry woodlands of oaks and piñon pine...

The results of the 2010 Swarovski Digiscoper of the Year have just been released. A whole pile of stunning entries this year really made...

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,...