I was tired, as if it were my shoulders that held the sky suspended… So much so that I made no birding plans for...

As far as countries go, Costa Rica is at the smaller end of the spectrum. A bit larger than the Netherlands but with less...

In August, we took a family trip to beautiful San Diego, seeing SeaWorld, LegoLand, and the San Diego Zoo. But I took a day...

“To the sea their hearts they vow. They will not come again. And even if they came, would you recognise them now? The ocean...

I saw a redstart the other morning, my first of fall migration. If I lived in another hemisphere, I might be talking about the...

In the northern temperate zone, August is a time of hazy, lazy dog days, a month when you soak up that last bit of...

That first field trip to Djerdap Gorge National Park, eight years ago, was made as a part of an ecotourism potential evaluation project. And...

Every place has its common birds, the species that do very well in a given habitat. As we like to say, these are species...