September is as unpredictable as a month can be. Here in Western NY, we suffered a 40 point swing in temperature over two days;...

Spoonbills and ibises are stocky, colorful wading birds with distinctive bills: downcurved and pointed in the case of ibises, flat and paddle shaped in...

It is that time of year again. We are observing a large increase in the number of shorebirds arriving back in Broome after their...

Dubai is a huge international airport, perfectly placed for connections around the world. Many people find themselves with a few hours to kill during transit and...

Wouldn’t you love to chase New Zealand’s newest family of birds at Mount Taranaki? The verb hark derives from Proto-Germanic by way of Middle English...

Wind turbines at Altamont Pass in Northern California (a known eagle-fatality site not included in the study); image by Bonita de Boer/Flickr/Creative Commons License   The...

If you’re into family ticks, and into armchair ticks, well, I hope you’ve been to New Zealand, because the island just got another endemic...

Though spring migration brightens birders’ days with its colorful and singing birds after the long, cold winter I prefer the fullness of fall’s migration. Not...