We love our stuff, stuff being the term affectionately given to the objects with which we populate our lives. In birding, we like to...

I spent the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in the usual post-hurricane activities—looking for storm birds, making sure my loved ones were o.k., trying to...

Nick Lund, formerly at birdDC and then the Birdist, should be no stranger to readers of 10,000 Birds. He’s previously shared his surprisingly strong feelings about the...

The next time a bird poops on your car, think carefully before you act. Consider who the rightful owner of this rich resource might...

It seems bizarre to even think it but there was a time when the Skylark Alauda arvensis, the famous bird with the beautiful voice...

Up until the early 1900s the birding scene was still dominated by the shotgun set.  That is, to identify the birds that one could...

In 1955 Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher published Wild America, the tale of their travels across North America, from park to park, and...