Bufflehead are one of our most amusing ducks. The simple black-and-white plumage of the male Bucephela albeola might appear bland but not if you see...
Taking down a nemesis bird always takes a place of honor on any birder’s litany of triumphs. The act of overcoming a string of...
A little bird told me this week that you are all rather interested in the sea snakes that we come across on the beaches...
Brazil is an amazing country loaded with a huge number of species of bird that birders the world over desperately want to experience. As...
There were many excellent entries in the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: The Pantanal & Cerrado of Central Brazil giveaway. As promised, one...
Ever run into trouble trying to assign a 4-letter code to a North American bird? Did you even realize that not every bird has...
Ecuador has three types of Quetzals, one in the Amazon basin and two in the east and west slopes. The Quetzals in the...
There I was (I’ve been reading Thurber) on board a boat off Baja California, reveling in cormorants (three species!), Brown Pelicans, and the northernmost...
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