Pardon this post’s provocative title but now that I’ve got your attention, let’s talk about woodcocks. That strangest of...

As I have already related in my post about birding a shade-grown coffee plantation there was an Emerald Toucanet...

Sense that shift in the air? The equinox is upon us, which means a new season is dawning! Those...

You know Rob Fergus, right? Every so often (okay, pretty much every day) this mild-mannered Audubon Senior Scientist exchanges...

Here’s another excellent installment of Birdscapes Tuesday Trivia, drawn from the book Birdscapes: Birds in Our Imagination and Experience...

After successfully stalking the Pink-headed Warbler, our glorious assault on Guatemala’s Pacific Slope began in earnest. The first stop...

For the third day of the First Annual Mesoamerican Birding Festival I signed up for the Finca El Paraiso...

Who would do such a thing?  The bird, dubbed #286, is in custody at the Los Angeles Zoo, and...