The idiomatic expression “for the birds“ is common enough to crop up in everyday conversation. One hears it all the time: “This pizza is...

Readers of my recent disquisition of the color buff may have been surprised to learn of so many terms for yellow-brown in the English...

Of all the subtle shades and tones of the natural world, one of the most dominant yet least recognized colors has to be buff....

Birding shares an inextricable connection to ornithology and taxonomy. Once you endeavor to put a species name to each avian face, the full weight...

When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred, He quoth: “A large cold bottle, and a small hot bird!” – Eugene Field,...

The first two months of 2007 have showered one spectacular bird species after another upon a deserving New York Metro region. While this time...

There are sulphur-colored birds, and hideous intestines hanging over the doors of houses that I hate — Pablo Neruda, Walking Around Depending on the...

Although many of the terms used to denote color in birds may be unknown to apprentice observers of avifauna, most learn the meaning of...