The Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus is a large black and white shorebird that has distinctive long pink legs. It has a fine straight bill and...
Caribbean dry forests with trees such as Gumbo Limbo, Pigeon-Plum, and West Indies Mahogany; remote breeding colonies of Sooty Tern, Brown Noddy, and Masked...
The first weekend of May is not a time to ask if one will be birding; that avian observation will ensue is a foregone...
I am half-awake, but keep my eyes closed. Listening to the wheeping of stays and shrouds and screeching of fenders against the next sailboat,...
I’m a biogeography buff, and I’m seriously disappointed when I get a guide book that doesn’t have maps in. One of the interesting things...
We birders in the northeastern United States are unbearable in April. All we do is complain about the lack of migrating birds so far...
Like many birders in the online era, I’m a big fan of eBird. The program’s merits scarcely have to be repeated here, but needless...
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