When we returned to the Blue Mountains in September this year it had been five and a half years since we had visited the...

A big thank you goes out to Tristan, who demonstrated that at least one person reads this drivel. He pointed out that Illinois had...

Here we go, about to enter the last month of what I hope has been a profoundly excellent one for each of you. Apart...

Birders have a natural tendency to appreciate variety in form, from the bewildering range of colors displayed within a single avian family, to minute...

Maybe it’s because the American Coot (Fulica americana) is the most abundant and widely distributed species of rail in North America that it gets no respect?...

We are finally getting settled this week, now that we are back from Costa Rica, and in what we refer to as our temporarily-permanent...

Zamorano University may be regarded as one of the crown jewels of Latin American higher education, particularly in the areas of agriculture, environmental management,...

Some Mondays hit harder than others. Most Americans celebrated a long weekend filled with a lot (maybe too much) food, family, and shopping. Crawling...