There are so many wonderful places to go birding in California. You have the sea, the mountains, desert habitats, islands, forests – it seems...

This post was originally published on May 25, 2013. It is republished in our new “From the Archives” series, by which we want to...

The California Central Valley is one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world. According to Wikipedia: “On less than 1 percent of...

Usually, writing my posts for 10,000 Birds follows a rigorous process. First, I just write down whatever comes to mind. Fortunately, this always justifies...

Say you are in Johannesburg for business, and you are really tired of sitting in the dark during the inevitable South African load shedding....

Regular readers of this blog would know by now that I spent about a week and a half at the legendary Rancho Naturalista in...

Birding the Chagres River: The Chagres River in Panamá is a vital waterway, winding through the lush forests of the Chagres National Park, it...

It has been a lasting dream of mine to at least once in my lifetime visit the mountains of California. Long before coming to...