Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. After taking...

Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) photo by Larry Jordan The Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, which went into effect seventy-nine years ago on July 1,...

Sometimes the birds we see take a lot of work. I wouldn’t know about that myself, as I am a legendarily good birder who...

I grew up in one of the most beautiful cities in the world – Cape Town, South Africa. The birdlife in the Cape is...

I teach human evolution, and at some point I use a chart showing reversals in the Earth’s magnetic field, which in turn relates to...

Way back in mid-June when I started my southern California sojourn I mentioned that I was inundated with Western Bluebirds. Carbon Canyon Regional Park...

Birding and wildlife watching can be, as we all know, a solitary activity. And our practices, though familiar to anyone in our phenologically-attuned culture,...

Along Broome’s coastline there are a lot less shorebirds during this time of year and those that do remain are either non-breeding migratory birds or...