Two reactions on hearing that Steve Howell and Brian Sullivan have written a guide entitled Peterson Guide to Bird Identification–in 12 Steps: (1) What? Another...

Back in 2013, I had the pleasure of reviewing Glen Apseloff’s Backyard Birds: Looking Through the Glass. Time, unlike a Kiwi, flies, and now...

I often like to have a pair of binoculars with me when I’m going to or from work, in case something good gets reported...

About six-and-a-half years ago I had the privilege of watching a young Waved Albatross on the Galapagos island of Española learning how to fly....

I have to confess that it took me some time to warm up to Bruce M. Beehler’s North on the Wing. Edwin Way Teale,...

Darwin Day is February 12th, and for an early celebration I thought I’d take a look at a book that rethinks the way Darwin,...

Happy Second Day of the New Year, 10,000 Birds friends! I am still in the old year as I write this. Snow is falling...

I recently read Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, a book by Kory Stamper, a lexicographer at Merriam-Webster. For anyone who has...