It’s hot.  Really hot. Sticky hot.  Painfully hot. Fried-egg-on-a-sidewalk hot.  Hate-the-sun hot. Disgustingly hot. Wander-the-apartment-in-just-underwear hot.  In other words, it is once again summer...

(This joke has apparently been making the rounds for years, but just came my way. I hope it goes without saying that we don’t...

So, I have now been living in the Alps for about 4 years. And I cannot claim that it was easy at first. I...

There is a very distinctive smell found on seabird colonies, where thousands upon thousands of birds come to breed and, coincidentally, deposit large quantities...

  or, How bird poop can get you a degree in Homeopathy. As a teenager, my uncle bought me a t-shirt with a bird...

The quote “What Is So Rare As A Day In June?” may be familiar to most readers (the sentiment certainly is!) but its source...

That is, if you celebrate Easter.  Personally, I don’t believe in all of the religious stuff that goes with it but I sure do...

I often find myself searching my memory as far back as I can go for the spark that started me birding. I know where...