This last week I had to take someone to Otavalo, so I took advantage of the trip and drove to a little secluded and...

Higbee Beach.  The 2nd Avenue Jetty.  The Beanery.  The Meadows.  Hidden Valley.  The Hawkwatch Platform.  Any birder who has ever visited Cape May and...

Note: This is an account, originally published in June 2006, of my quest to remove a jinx bird from my bird-watching soul. I am...

Mother’s Day weekend was deeded over to Daisy long ago.  I had no say in what we were doing or where we were going....

GLEN ROSE, TX,  MARCH 2007 – The Golden-cheeked Warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) is one of the United States less accessible avian species. The golden-cheek closely...

After last week’s big Brit wedding bonanza I couldn’t help but chuckle at the news that one of the RSPB’s premier nature reserves in...

Last Sunday was Grant’s birthday and we decided to bird our local area in search of something special. We drove out of town a...

Birding, like so many other things, is bigger in Texas. How else can you explain the 312 species the Swarovski Optik “Fabulous EL Fifties”...