A year ago, we presented a barleywine, a very strong beer, as a stand-in for the traditional Champagne in...

It’s a sometimes-painful fact of life that some fruits are easier to cope with as food than others. This...

This just might be a birding joke as old as the hills, but it’s one I hear without fail...

I’m not a larophile*, but some of my favorite birders are.  It’s hard to escape the mystic pull of...

Birders have a natural tendency to appreciate variety in form, from the bewildering range of colors displayed within a...

I find the American celebration of Thanksgiving an awkward holiday for birders. There’s no other day on the calendar...

Mrs. Moreau’s Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names is a bit different than earlier efforts I’ve seen in this...