Last week’s excellent 10,000 Birds holiday gift guide compiled by Mark made me realize that we’ve gone through nearly all of 2021 without reviewing...

Once upon a time, bird field guides included nests. This may have been partly a leftover from the Victorian fascination with egg collecting (the...

The holidays started early this year, with the first night of Hannukah coming right at the end of Thanksgiving weekend! Here are the picks...

Collins Birds of the World is “a must for the travelling birder,” as the BBC Wildlife Magazine reviewer has put it. And I cannot...

After an unintentionally long hiatus here at Birds and Booze, we’re back – though we’re now a day late with our annual Thanksgiving recommendation....

In my early birding years, rucksacks were of no importance and any could do. I would be leaving it behind anyway, in my kayak...

Doug Futuyma believes in science and in the scientific basis of evolution. This shouldn’t have to be stated, especially in a book on bird...

When it comes to tropical birding, field guides regularly deal with well over a 1000 birds and tend to be on the hefty side....