Before anything else, a confession. Most of the lifers I saw in Denver were named after (in)famous people, so...

Would you know a Firewood Gatherer if it landed in front of your binoculars? Or, come to that, a...

Our first full day in the Land of Many Waters predictably began with a trip on one of these...

Tern lovers rejoice! A new book about the angelic-looking, identification-stumping birds of the oceans, rivers, and marshes has finally...

What a bountiful year it’s been for birding books! We’ve gotten them all—field guides to foreign countries; memoirs and...

This November, I went birding in Shanghai exactly once – the result of both some unpleasant changes in the...

The Dutch Island of Texel is well-known amongst European birders due to the exciting number and quality of birds...

As a general rule, birders don’t like hybrids. For a start, they may struggle to identify them, while secondly...