Birders who have seen California Condors in the wild in the last 20 years should know just how lucky they are. And the condors...

Looking for a place to initiate discussion or share something random yet compelling related to birds, birding, nature, or conservation? You’ve found it. Welcome...

Here are all the amazing 10,000 Birds Beat Writers in alphabetical order by last name. If you don’t see a beat writer you are...

Six posts over seven weeks may seem a lot to devote to the wrecking of New Zealand’s bird fauna. Perhaps it is, although entire...

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

The name says it all. Costa Rica. The “Rich Coast” is stuffed full of birds and has wonderful biological richness. For many US birders...

2010 is coming to a close and birders the world over are taking a look at their year lists and reminiscing about the amazing...

“The only mammal present is the harmless Polynesian rat, Rattus exulans” Gordon Williams, 1962 “the Pacific rat was the only factor in the extinction...