And now we enter into a family of birds more or less unknown to non-birders. Destined to be forever...

I don’t like to wake up if it’s still dark outside – I hate it! And here I am...

This is such a weird time of year at bird feeders. Most birds have finished up raising young, but...

I often like to poke fun at how dangerous the wildlife of Australia is, as ever since the giant...

I’m not an ornithologist. I don’t even play one on TV. Nevertheless, I was pleased to find myself at ornithological...

Podicipediformes, aka Grebes, are freshwater diving duckish birds that are not ducks. For an order they are neither diverse...

I’m wondering if Best Bird of the Weekend is too restrictive a way to consider the avians we encounter...

That flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) and grebes (Podicipedidae) are probably each others’ closest living relatives is one of the most surprising...