Some people consider Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) pests! I know it sounds strange, especially when the folks at Mission San Juan Capistrano are trying...

What do you say when someone tells you they will be spending the summer in the Lower Michigan Peninsula?  If you are a birder,...

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...

As anyone who follows this blog knows, outdoor cats are a veritable holocaust for wild birds, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and even insects.  Almost...

You’d think it would be a no-brainer but sadly hunters are resistant to a lead-bullet ban. Over a hundred organizations have again petitioned the...

Nick Lund, formerly at birdDC and then the Birdist, should be no stranger to readers of 10,000 Birds. He’s previously shared his surprisingly strong feelings about the...

It is not every day that one gets to see a pair of Green Iguanas sunning themselves on a bush from close range.  But,...

We are currently filming in Botswana. What this land-locked country lacks in endemic birds it more than makes up for in accessibility of tough...