During the recent months we spent in Victoria we were lucky enough to observe a pair of Hooded Plovers. Hooded Plovers are only found...

Two epigraphs open Bernd Heinrich’s White Feathers:  The Nesting Lives of Tree Swallows, each so redolent of his work as a whole, not just...

This post is inspired by a misconception. When I checked the photograph shown below, it was on a small screen in bright sunlight. In...

February birding may qualify as boring in many parts of the world, but that simplistic observation ignores all the excitement a truly engaged and...

Anytime I’m shopping in a good local beer shop, I’m always sure to look for any offerings from Collective Arts Brewing. Not only does...

Well, a somewhat obvious title for a blog post from China these days, particularly from somebody who pretends to have at least a basic...

Most of us are already familiar with hummingbirds, whether in the flesh or in glorious, birdy dreams of lush tropical rainforests. They are one...

Last week I went downhill to Paso Ancho, as I always do at some point each January. I go there to add all those...