It is one thing for a single hummingbird to show up at a single location in the northeastern United States in November.  In fact,...

Until today the only Painted Buntings I had ever seen were in Honduras. And, despite their absurdly gaudy appearance, I am sad to say...

As introductions to tropical Pacific birding go, you could do a lot worse than Fiji. Their combination of isolation and size makes them a...

It is a very small antpitta that lives in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and Bolivia. This antpitta is found in southern Ecuador (near Peru)...

I had the good fortune to be asked to represent one of the UK’s national birding magazines ‘Birdwatching’ on a press trip to Southern...

Hoopoe Upupa Epops With a name like that you would just want to see this bird! It sounds good and it looks good….even a...

When Mike still lived in the Bronx, lo those many years ago, he would regularly make the run up to Yonkers, in southwestern Westchester...

Paging through a fieldguide, it’s always with a sense of dismay and sadness that I come across reference to an extinct species. This is...