The Peregrine is a ferocious falcon, often lauded as one of nature’s finest flyers. Falco peregrinus is a true wanderer; some North American breeders...

Birding is an activity that requires remarkable vision, even beyond the obvious implications of that expression. Besides sight, a birder must be gifted with...

The newest edition of I and the Bird has me feeling fairly sentimental. Blame it on Duncan, the estimable host of this superb installment....

Birding, like so many other activities which must be committed to completely to be experienced fully, requires passion. One must be passionate to stand...

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Migration. Isn’t that what it’s all about? We’re all, by the standard definition of the word, migrating, moving from place to place, hither and...

In this world, there are tortoises and there are hares. Birding is hardly a hare’s game unless you’re racking up a Big Day. Birds...

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” These were the immortal words of Benjamin Franklin, a man...