I was incredibly lucky to be invited –again- to participate on the second edition of the World Birding Rally Challenge in Northern Peru. I...

According to Wikipedia, birds (class Aves) are feathered, winged, two-legged, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates. The fossil record indicates that birds emerged within the theropod dinosaurs...

When birding, as in life in general, it is important to stop occasionally and smell the metaphorical roses. This isn’t just because roses smell...

Sometimes, it’s the simplest things that are the hardest to execute. So, while we are in awe of an identification guide that discusses every...

This past weekend the listservs, Facebook, text services, Twitter, word-of-mouth, weather radar, the calendar, and the entrails of a sacrificial goat all indicated that...

One of the many ancillary benefits of becoming a birder, apart from an elevated social status and encyclopedic knowledge of taxonomy, is a subtle...

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...