Birding can be a double-edged sword, getting out birding, seeing, hearing and ‘doing’ birding is as we all know...

New Zealand has one of the direst records of extinction is modern times, second on really to Hawaii in terms of...

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and...

Although extinction is a natural phenomenon, experts have determined that the current rate of bird extinction is somewhere between...

Some people consider Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) pests! I know it sounds strange, especially when the folks at Mission...

Skimming through the myriad of posts in my blog reader yesterday I came across a post from the ever-watchful...

The Edwards’s Pheasant is a rather smart blue-black member of the pheasant family and it may be on the edge...

This week marks the 2-year anniversary of the Deep water Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. On...