Most readers, the peripapatic ones, may know the Lonely Planet house as a publisher of travel guides segregated by country, city, or other geographic...

One of my favorite Far Side cartoons refers to the bird family mentioned in the title of this post, though only obliquely. I have...

Note: This is a collaborative post utilizing the collective experience, brainpower, and enthusiasm of several 10,000 Birds writers to illustrate and showcase the magnificent...

Jays are smart, curious, and mischievous. If there is trouble happening, they are in the middle of it. They just can’t help themselves. I...

Mathias Kom is the primary singer and songwriter behind the Canadian cult folk band The Burning Hell. He has long been interested in birds,...

Unfortunately, I only saw two owl species during my week or so on Sulawesi – for a comprehensive description of the owls on the...

Recent reports coming out from the United Kingdom suggest a Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) irruption, although at a smaller scale than that of 2017 when...

245 bird species regularly breed in Germany. The eastern states are particularly rich in species. In eastern Germany, the federal state of Brandenburg (around...