I’d learned a lot since the last time I sat in a meeting room even close to this fancy. Mostly, don’t steal breath mints....

Mrs. Moreau’s Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names is a bit different than earlier efforts I’ve seen in this line. Those books – notably...

There are two kinds of bird names in this world. There are names assigned by a single person at a single point in time,...

Alas for the naming of birds that it took place before anyone had the foresight to recognize that the Sharp-shinned Hawk should be called...

A miserable little pile of secrets… no wait, that’s something else. But rails are commonly paired with the adjective “secretive.” While I’m well-known for...

Henry Philemon Attwater was born in Brighton, England and spent his early adult years in Canada, but the state of Texas – which he...

As you might have seen mentioned previously, last weekend the illustrious Corey Finger and I broke the Queens record with our sighting of fifteen...

Northern Cardinals are known for their plumage. Bold red or subtle pink and brown, on a background of snow or new leaves, their beauty...