The ‘alala is a matte-black crow endemic to Hawaii’s Big Island. This noisy, social, and exceedingly clever corvid, classified by Western ornithology as the...

Along with the expected assortment of bird books for Christmas, I received a butterfly guide, specifically the National Audubon Society Field Guide to North...

The 3 Bs of birding, those items without which this activity just cannot be enjoyed fully, are Bins, Books, and Birds. That last B...

Reading a book is usually the closest we’ll ever come to interacting with its author. The experience of reading some books is akin to...

There’s more to bird watching than watching birds. Attempting to bird by eye alone is like driving home with only half your gears: even...

Don’t you just love Julie Zickefoose? If your answer is “no” it probably means that you’re not acquainted with Julie Zickefoose, haven’t read any...

A great journal does not necessarily make a great book. This simple truth, one that countless bloggers will inevitably, obstinately transgress, has already been...

In the long, slow, painful process of transferring content from the old version of this blog to the shiny, new one, I realize I’ve...