April showers are said to bring May flowers, but this time of year offers far more than fancy flora. The avifauna, for example, can...

At last, it’s spring in the northern half of the world. Birds are singing and migrating, freshets are running, and trees are budding –...

When we first landed here in Tucson, Arizona, fate worked her magic, and one of the first people I met was Luke Safford. Luke...

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I like sparrows. I like observing them, reading about them, grappling with species and subspecies identification, and even—on a good day—talking about sparrow taxonomy....

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We have just returned from an incredible three weeks in Singapore, where unlike many others who visit the country we spent the whole time...

Spring is happening! Each day, the sun stays out just a bit longer and up north, the snow is old, feeble and on its...