Because one good hummingbird deserves another, I’d like to brighten your day, perhaps even improve your overall quality of life by introducing one of...
When I visited the highlands of Ecuador, up above the treeline in Antisana Ecological Reserve, there were several great species of birds, any of...
A difficult quiz, no doubt. Harder than the last quiz. I thought that the clue I made up would give it away. Alas! “What...
Welcome to today’s quiz. Same format as last quiz, where I give quotes verbatim from various field guides. This quiz has a twist …...
According to my Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, the Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) is “fairly common” but the Barrow’s Goldeneye (Bucephala...
Waxwings are among the most beautiful of passerines and when one gets good looks at any of the three species that occur worldwide those...
This is the smallest and the most difficult to find Potoo in South America and I was lucky enough to find the easiest place...
What do you think when you hear the word raptor? Those of us from generation Jurassic Park can’t help but think of the terrifying...
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