Sometimes, it’s the simplest things that are the hardest to execute. So, while we are in awe of an identification guide that discusses every...

Sometimes it takes an unexpected question. When my friend Victoria, who lives in Georgia and who is an avid birder but who is not...

Any doubt I had about the need for a book about rare birds in the United States And Canada were wiped out on a...

Is there a birder in the United States who is not familiar with the art of Charley Harper? Even if you don’t know his...

The Bald Eagle is not just an American symbol, it is also a quintessentially American story. Nearly wiped out by human heedlessness, development, and...

As we approach the 100th anniversary of the demise of Martha at the Cincinnati Zoo, one would think that there is little left to...

I needed a book showing a Linnet.  There is a Linnet at Kissena Corridor Park in Queens, and though I bird this park regularly,...

There were three profound questions my birding group discussed while we birded Trinidad and Tobago, back in December 2012: (1) How many Bananaquits could...