…is this black: Don’t even get me started on Gallinule Purple! If you’re a fan of crime novels set in Scotland, you might be...

So here we are midway through November, and the birding in my part of the world is starting to get interesting again. We all...

“Drab, but with yellow on face” is how the Yellow-browed Sparrow is described in The Birds of Ecuador.  While that is a fair, if...

Broome is known worldwide for its amazing birdlife, and Roebuck Bay is regarded as the most significant site in Australia for shorebirds. Roebuck Bay...

Though the unpacking from my marvelous trip to Ecuador isn’t even close to done and I have about five million things that need doing...

Another weekend lies ahead, one unencumbered by the holiday madness that pervades much of the late autumn months. If you could see out my...

This is a big weekend for North Carolina birding.  For the 14th consecutive year the Outer Banks, the string of barrier islands that jut...

Hi, folks! This is the first of what will be my monthly posts on bird taxonomy and systematics. But don’t worry, I’ll do my...