Now this is what the door to an Audubon Society office should look like…   The Golden Gate Audubon Society just had a muralist...

I’ve been privileged to review some very beautiful coffee-table type books for 10,000 Birds. But when you get a volume from National Geographic, it’s...

With apologies. My life is hectic right now and I haven’t come up with a proper post for you. So I offer three random...

Disgusting. If you want to watch a video of a “pigeon shoot” it as at the bottom of this post, which describes exactly what...

Ever since I learned that the Muscovy Duck I discovered in a Central Park pond was not countable by ABA standards, I’ve grappled with...

Weekends carry more emotional heft in most of our personal planners, probably because we save all of our fun for Friday through Sunday. Also,...

Being a birder, in my experience, sometimes means rooting for the avian aggressor in improbable predator-prey interactions. What else can explain the thrilling delight...

Richard Koeppel, holder of one of the world’s most extensive life lists and protagonist of To See Every Bird on Earth (my review here),...