The Big Year was alright.  It was neither horrible nor outstanding, neither fully factual nor completely made-up, neither completely...

I’ve long felt that birders, as a group, should have a greater appreciation for the book as a physical...

Few issues of our day are as huge, in scope or in implication, as climate change. The task of...

“An island in the Adriatic Sea, called Diomedea, is home to a great number of shearwaters, which, it is...

When my friends over at YourBirdOasis sent me a super squirrel-proof bird feeder to review, I had to think...

Feathers are the unique ingredient when it comes to birds.  Platypus have bills, bats and bugs can fly, and...

Birders around the world are united by their passion for glass, by which I mean high-end optics. We crave...

Philosophy and I have always had a rather fraught relationship. I love grappling with big ideas, but dislike the...