As we approach the 100th anniversary of the demise of Martha at the Cincinnati Zoo, one would think that there is little left to...

I needed a book showing a Linnet.  There is a Linnet at Kissena Corridor Park in Queens, and though I bird this park regularly,...

Will you indulge me for a minute? (Of course you will. You always do.) In speaking of Take Wing and Fly Here, the first...

There were three profound questions my birding group discussed while we birded Trinidad and Tobago, back in December 2012: (1) How many Bananaquits could...

When I was a preschooler, I wasn’t allowed to watch much television, but I did get a double-dose of public programming — the PBS...

For some reason, this post did not go up in August when it was scheduled. My apologies to Mr. Drouin and the readers! As...

The cahow is one wild and crazy bird. Born in a burrow, it first sees daylight when it is time to fledge, and then...

I am a birder, and I love birds. I don’t mind that they share the world with other creatures, and I have even developed an...