Before arriving in the town of Copan Ruinas, Honduras, on February 27, 2009, I had only ever heard Inca Doves.  Their melancholy “no hope,...

I’ve just started a new job which has sucked out all of my time, so I was running late trying to dream up a...

Central Park, Manhattan, April 2010 I have spent many of my lunch hours over the last several months in Central Park.  As spring has...

Last week a mystery bird from New Jersey rightly caused a fair bit of confusion among birders of the Garden State and beyond.  The...

This week I find myself writing about Colombia again. But this should not come as a surprise as the country really is almost fathomless...

Now that we’re in April, the time has come to wrap up all the bird (and non-bird) competitions the month of March is famous...

Birding has been an all-consuming interest for Patrick Cardwell since boyhood days spent in a wildlife-rich environment. When he isn’t snapping photos in the...

I have put this post off for a couple of months now because I wanted to avoid dealing with the huge pile of American...