Birders, as I’ve written before, are consumers of the fruits of evolution, celebrants of the processes of natural selection and genetic drift. It may...

Although the twain rarely meet in the field, birding and drinking seem similar in many ways. That’s right, I said drinking… a topic to...

Pablo Picasso famously boasted, “I do not seek. I find.” Arrogant gasbag though he was, Picasso certainly described the dream of birders everywhere. Delving...

Conjure an image of a 21st century naturalist and you’ll probably envision an intrepid adventurer swaddled in wicking fabrics, shod in state-of-the-art hiking boots,...

Old goatherds swear how all night long they hear The warning whirr and burring of the bird Who wakes with darkness and till dawn...

Despite their dramatically different settings, birding and blogging are a lot alike.  For one, they’re both a lot of fun, assuming you like that...

The back-to-school season is fast approaching for those of us in countries who observe summer vacation during the months of July and August. Summer...

Birding is an interesting avocation in that if you ever express even a slight interest in birds, people get the impression that you’re consumed...