It started with an email regarding another birder’s blog. Then, the blogger in Panama mentioned that he was going to be in Toronto in...

I have previously written about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s estimates regarding the number of birders in the United States. The most recent...

Comprehensive surveys of U.S. birders are rare, so the recent release of a “National Survey of Birdwatchers: Nationwide and Flyway Comparisons” is notable. Although...

How many birders are there in America? For such a simple question, it turns out there are very few solid estimates. Indeed, there appears...

I recently read Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, a book by Kory Stamper, a lexicographer at Merriam-Webster. For anyone who has...

There are two types of birders that everyone hates – assholes and stringers. Which is worse, I don’t know. But everyone has dealt with...

Jason A. Crotty is a birder and lawyer living in Portland, Oregon. Jason’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds tackled the importance of the National...

Much like the Bridled Tern is adrift in the Gulf Stream, I feel alone in my outrageous birding abilities. Being the world’s leading birder...