The title of this post is at the same time flattering and unflattering of Kangaroo Island, Australia. Flattering because the Galapagos is the benchmark...

I am not the least bit surprised that no one correctly identified what was in the quiz picture I posted on Friday.  After all,...

Some weekends are just bad for birds. In three of four NFL playoff games, birds named for birds played and lost. That’s right… teams...

When winter settles down birding can occasionally seem a little repetitive, even the Internet forums and blogs can dry up with little new material....

Richard Conniff has a nice piece in the New York Times Opinionator today about naturalists who made the ultimate sacrifice while on voyages of discovery.

Using an avian as a team totem has never been particularly auspicious in the National Football League, as teams named for human professions (meat...

As I have already mentioned in my post about finding and identifying a California Gnatcatcher I spent quite a bit of time wandering what...

It’s the Wet Season here in Broome, but that does not necessarily mean that it will rain! Every year is different and a lot...