Hummingbirds are one of the joys of wintertime birding here in Louisiana. My friend Erik Johnson and I recently visited the home of Dr....
Sometimes hawks, in particular, Red-shouldered Hawks will go all Turdus migratorious, hop on the ground and nosh some slimy earth worms. There’s even video...
One of the nicest things about staying with my grandparents in Sydney is the proximity of their house to part of the Sydney Harbour...
Snowy Owls are iconic birds. You rarely find a person – birder or non – who doesn’t want to take a good long look...
Torrent Ducks are the thrill-seekers of the avian world. Very few birds – or animals for that matter – would plunge head-first into the churning...
Derek Kverno has already created epic blog travelogues of his stints in Ecuador and Tanzania. Now he’s moved to Brazil, which means we get...
Become a birder and you’re suddenly a litterateur, too. It’s not much of a selling point, I suppose, but how else to explain the...
Ever wonder why displaying a disrespectful middle finger is called flipping the bird? Brian Palmer at Slate breaks down birds’ long association with taunting....
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