You don’t need to be a birder to know that most birds above the equator fly from temperate northern...

As long as the ivory-bill’s existence remains ambiguous, North America’s reigning woodpecker must be the Pileated Woodpecker.  This hulking...

An organization called the International Ornithological Congress (IOC) has been working since 1991 on the challenging task of creating...

Throughout history, innumerable adventurers, merchants, rum runners, and real estate moguls have been entranced by the inexorable pull of...

Read enough birding trip reports on this or any other site and you’re sure to hear about peeps. Birders...

As far as color terms go, vermilion is a winner, reeking of exoticism and antiquity. As fine as this...

Although the title to this post may be incomprehensible (think Brylcreem,) its topic is straightforward. For birders, the word...

Ah, emerald! That brilliant beryl, birthstone of May and the most valuable gemstone, by weight, in the world, shines...