Each year, about this time, I feel the need to take up once again the matter of what our...

One of the many pleasures of birdwatching is encountering the unexpected, as I was reminded last week when out...

Experienced birders know that birding is as much about listening as it is about seeing. While 10,000 Birds has...

I know it is not a particularly sophisticated observation, but scientific species names that are just the same word...

Have you ever wondered what birds think and say about birders? Here are ten representative statements I overheard in...

Hundreds of years ago, there was talk of “semimythical islands” that existed somewhere west of Europe. To get to...

This is a more interesting question than it may first seem. For most birds, molting into new feathers is...

What is your favorite bird species?  All Birds are Special, what makes all birds special is their habitat and...