This is the first October in three years I haven’t been vacationing in California. But I felt I should at least return in spirit...

Birders know that the pairing of farms and birds represents more than mere bucolic romance – it’s a match borne out of a real...

Some days just turn out really well. On one gray, drizzly morning this week, I set out to bird my local patch in Albany,...

I haven’t yet been birding in Europe but whenever I occasionally skim a field guide about the birds on the other side of the...

If it hasn’t begun already, the grape harvest should be getting underway in Spain this month. As the growing season wanes and summer gives...

It’s the eve of a holiday weekend here in New York, with the long Labor Day weekend traditionally marking the end of summer for...

Despite what the name of this column may have led you to believe, I almost never drink and bird. On days I do bird,...

The recent taxonomy of India Pale Ale – more popularly known these days by its initialism IPA – is as confusing and unstable as...