Know what’s great? Great Auks are great, or at least they were. Fortunately, much of the greatness of that late, great alcid is channeled,...

Wow!  In my walk in Forest Park this morning I was shocked and amazed to hear and then see a Pileated Woodpecker!  They are...

My original plan was to put up a blog post today about the trip to Copan from the Lago de Yojoa region of Honduras...

In the United States, President Obama recently signed legislation that sets aside more than 2 million acres as protected wilderness. In Quebec, Premier Jean...

Mike’s Birding & Digiscoping Blog has moved to a new location after the previous hosting company failed miserably at upgrading their servers.  Make sure...

You’ve probably heard this tale before. Many a proud birder has made the inevitable pilgrimage to Guatemala to climb a volcano in search of...

The last morning at the simple and birdy Hotel Las Glorias finally and unfortunately arrived: The first ever Mesoamerican Birding Festival was at its...

Many thanks to Paco Madrigal of Cotinga Tours who corrected the identity of this bird.  The original post called this bird a Buff-throated Saltator...