The Eurasian Wryneck is the woodpecker that doesn’t look like a woodpecker, the bird with the portmanteau name that is also a medical condition...

The temperature soared to 85 degrees yesterday here in Albany. That’s not entirely unheard of around here in May, but it was an unexpected...

Maybe author Sy Montgomery is right when she says that “birdwatchers often look down on falconry,” and maybe not.  (Some, according to her, consider...

When you spot a brand new bird identification guide, especially for your home region – in this case, Europe – reaching for it comes...

This week marks only the second time the Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) has been featured here at Birds and Booze. Given its cosmopolitan range, we...

The subtitle of Jackie Higgins’ book Sentient:  How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses, aptly sets forth her thesis – though the...

With more than 950 bird species, including over 350 endemics, Australia is an impressive birding country… or a birding continent. Or both. Infrastructure is...

Birds of Egypt and the Middle East by Richard Hoath does a good job at giving you an idea of which birds to expect...