Every birder wants the best optics possible. But what that means often depends on circumstance. I love my Swarovski EL 8x32s deeply, but sometimes...

It is the 100th Anniversary of the extinction of the species known as the Passenger Pigeon and writers are paying attention.  Three books will...

Since I live not very far from Greece, I have often combined my vacation there with birding. As the time passed on, I started...

We love our stuff, stuff being the term affectionately given to the objects with which we populate our lives. In birding, we like to...

I love reading children’s books, even though my child is well over the age when she asks to have them read at bedtime and...

One of the reasons I enjoy about reviewing books is the opportunity to read titles I wouldn’t ordinarily encounter, not because they aren’t good...

Birding being a visual and an auditory pursuit, it’s not surprising that publishers have taken advantage of the media of its day to produce...

I’ve been a fan of The Mincing Mockingbird since the hoary days of Livejournal. Matt Adrian’s characteristic style features acrylics of birds against stark...