Well, Kai Pflug has beaten me again. I had spent a couple of weeks vaguely contemplating the need to write about my first wetland...

Careful readers of my recent posts, and surely there must be at least one or two, will note that I have had some pretty...

Down here in Mexico, many of the longest life lists belong to full- or part-time birding guides. Now, I’m no professional, but I am...

I went absolutely crazy a couple of weeks ago. Since my botanist friend Nacho (Ignacio) was on vacation, I did back-to-back major birding outings...

Well, it was a good run… I managed to write four weekly posts about the five days I spent in California last month. Which...

An eternity ago, when our now-adult children were young enough to watch Sesame Street, that show used to have segments about diversity with the...

All right, I’ll admit it. I’m feeling pretty good about myself right now. I came back from a Monday birding trip and told my...

Towhees are large, ground-hugging sparrows that occur only in North America. They belong to either the Pipilo or Melozone genera, or perhaps both, as...