The dark, sinuous body slipped up and down, through the patch of water lilies. I watched as it surfaced, with a large fish in...

I was first introduced to what is generally called house style many years ago, when I started work as a lowly editorial assistant on...

We are birders. All of us are, or we wouldn’t be meeting here on 10,000 Birds quite so frequently. Birds rule our world. The...

Many imagine life on the Oregon Coast as idyllic. Wind-blown Shore Pines, sunny beaches, rugged rocky outcroppings, deep blue waters, and green hills often...

In his book Tales of a Tribe, author Mark Cocker describes an unfortunate event befalling a friend. One night while camping in the Himalayas,...

Memorable encounters with Mammals Part II It’s generally reckoned that there are more deer in Britain today than there were in the Middle Ages,...

When I realised that this weekend would be my 500th post for this website I thought I could broaden the “birding” topic to “egg-laying”...

Though I grew up where the Hudson Valley meets the Catskill Mountains, in the heart of Black Bear country, I can count my encounters...