By the time you read this blog post I will hopefully have checked my first lifer of the day off and be on to...

I am having a wonderful time at the 15th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. Instead of going into the gory details at...

Does anyone have a field guide to the birds of the moon?  Of Mars?  Of anywhere in outer space?  I really wonder what kinds...

Steve Walter is a New York nature photographer, birder, and long-time member of the New York City Butterfly Club.  Readers of 10,000 Birds who...

O beautiful for whistling ducks! a tropical delight! Even in the Brazilian Amazon, I’ve never seen this many whistling ducks together–there were sixty at...

There are a handful of sites in North America that can justifiably be considered must visits for birders.  It’s only a small surprise that...

I was in Florida last week, the freakiest of the southeastern states.  Its peninsular shape, dipping so seductively into the neotropic Caribbean, suggest a...

For as long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated by shorebirds. Growing up within an hour of one of the world’s premier shorebird...