And so to summer. Traditionally, the slow season, but the beats have mopped their collective brow and outdone their previous efforts. The UK has...

In Costa Rica, it’s not hard to find birds. Even if you had to spend a few frustrating days stuck in the urban wonderland...

Here in the Empire State, August’s arrival triggers some predictable reactions: “Aw, summer is almost over.” “Aw, school will be starting any day now.”...

For all its enduring appeal as the perfect summer table fruit, the strawberry only seldom embarks on the hopeful journey to posterity undertaken by...

A few years ago, I was invited to give a series of four short lectures, in quick succession, on birds of the Danube River....

As our re-introduction to living in the US continues, I am sneaking in a bit of birding here and there, especially since our RV...

It is summer and I live in Queens. That means it is time to look for shorebirds on the East Pond of Jamaica Bay....

Midsummer means shorebirding in these parts. Some of you may be stifling a yawn at the very thought of parsing peeps, while others may...