I’ve spent most of my time since Thanksgiving trying to get my semester wrapped up, which means I’ve spent quite a bit more time...

[Editor’s Note: This is a bonus post from Jochen about a topic not usually covered on 10,000 Birds. And if you agree with his...

Back in 2007, DK Publishing produced what I still consider the consummate birding coffee table book.   If you haven’t seen it, BIRD: The...

Luisa Elena Betancourt is an artist with a MFA from Washington State University which she got through the Fulbright program in 1992. She contacted...

It is not every day that one gets a chance to be a world record holder.  But such was the magic of the 2011...

The moment birders everywhere have been waiting for is almost here.  No, it is not an epic morning of birding full of a host...

“Purple Martins” first appeared in print in Carl Sandburg’s 1920 collection of poems, Smoke and Steel, published six years after he rose to prominence...

My friend Lorraine is awesome.  Her nickname is Fabulous Lorraine.  She’s not really a birder, but having been friends with me she knows that...