Now that Jeanne and I have settled here in Tucson, Arizona, we have been questioned by our friends dozens of times…..Why Tucson? Do you...

No matter where you find yourself, you can count on a birding surprise or two this time of year. What was yours? I was...

During our three weeks of bird-watching in Singapore we didn’t only encounter large birds like the Asian Openbill and the Oriental Pied Hornbill. There...

One of the quandaries of birding in Costa Rica is deciding where to go birding. Where do you go when there are so many...

Mid-April marks a critical juncture in progression of seasons. While the Northern Hemisphere hasn’t progressed even a third of the way through calendar spring,...

Just a quick review today. Spring migration in upstate New York has been picking up this week and I’ve been doing more birding than...

Shorebirds (in Europe: waders) must be an acquired birding taste. No one starts birding dreaming of drab-coloured, unobtrusive and, far on a mud-bar, largely...

A while back, I wrote about an under-appreciated part of the National Wildlife Refuge System:  Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs). Although little-known, WPAs provide critical...