Gulls make my head spin. You know why. To borrow from the Patty Duke Show theme song (I’m dating myself, I don’t care): “They...

In North American birding this week, excitement over what might forever be known as “The Checklist” – a stupefying spring migration report from Tadoussac,...

It’s been almost exactly four years since the last time I was bored enough with my local avifauna to focus exclusively on digiscoping Ring-billed...

Do you ever feel that you do not know your birds anymore? I had that feeling today. Usually I do not start gulling before...

In the summer time before the shorebirds come back the birding can seem a bit slow. Sure, birds are around, especially if you are...

Every year, there is a phenomenon that occurs here in La Paz, as well as many major cities across the planet. Carnival just before Lent....

Did you ever get a message in a bottle? Completely meaningless gibberish from an entirely unknown guy (from my experience, it’s always a guy,...

As usual at this time of year, I visited the city landfill to look for gulls. To be honest, mostly to look for one...