Spring isn’t just a season of change and renewal. In the realm of birding, it might also be the season for Big Days. With all...

Here in the States, we’ve looking at a long, lovely weekend, serving as the unofficial start to summer. Fortunately, a bit of spring still...

First: Dream about it As a teenager in Yugoslavia, I used to buy National Geographic in secondhand bookshops. Fascinated with New York’s Jamaica Bay,...

This past week in birding news was nothing if not exciting. Almost 16,000 birders, participating in the second annual Global Big Day on May...

The Verdin, Auriparus flaviceps is a small often over looked little resident of the dry desert scrub brush. For myself, this rather common bird...

I just got back from a flying visit to Melbourne, Australia’s second city and an exciting place to visit and live in. Most of...

One of the most impressive birds in North America is the Golden Eagle. It is found as far north as Alaska and as far...

Scott & Nix has been publishing an excellent series of field guides that cover individual states. The first to publish was New Jersey and...