The first shot of Birders is of a helicopter. It’s an official-looking helicopter, photographed flying in the air at eye level, as if we’re...

While some birding runs work well solo, most are greatly improved by good company. I haven’t always acted in accordance with this philosophy, but...

September is always an interesting month as we observe the shorebirds return to Broome from their northerly migration. The shorebirds gather on Cable Beach...

In Costa Rica, sandpipers are locally known as “correlimos”, which to me sounds something along the lines of “little runners” and that sounds about...

I’ll be the first to admit the selection of ducks so far at Booze and Birds has been rather paltry. Our very first post...

Central Mexico, where I live, has a monsoon climate. In other words, we tend to have heavy rains from late May or June through...

As I anticipated, this past weekend offered a dazzling range of temperatures guaranteed to remind a person of every season in turn. But did...

Each year at the beginning of September we start to keep an eye out for the return of the Little Curlew-Numenius minutus from their...