So there I was at Refugio Paz de Las Aves, teetering on the edge of sanity after a barrage of insane Ecuadorean avifauna. First came the famed...

…but it is seriously funny.  By the way, anatidaephobia is the fear that “somehow, somewhere, a duck is watching you.”  It does seem unlikely...

Dear Forest Park: You have been my favorite birding destination since I moved to Queens two years ago.  The short three blocks that I...

The shortest month of the year is coming to a close and I feel like, for me, February will vanish without a trace. Too...

People are apparently cowering in their homes in a small village in England.  The cause of their fear?  A terrorist pheasant.  No, I am...

You poor suffering souls who come back repeatedly to read the dreck that I write about my assorted birding adventures will recall that last...

As I was saying (see Part I),  I, David, Renato & Paola, and birders from four different continents had just been treated to one of the most spectacular...

Alan Contreras is one of the deans of Oregon birding, having literally written the book (actually several) on the subject.  I came across his...