The English language, or at least the adherents thereof with more time on their hands than sense, has bestowed...

I’ve decided to get into the bird tour business. I mean, how hard could it be? Get up early,...

New Zealand has a very odd biota these days. There are the endemics, which are odd in their own...

It’s been months since I was in Borneo but for any number of reasons I’m still writing about it....

While New Zealand is famous for its endemic oddities, once upon a time New Zealand also had many birds...

New Zealand has one of the direst records of extinction is modern times, second on really to Hawaii in terms of...

Last Sunday marked the end of an era in New Zealand with the sad passing of the conservationist and...

Six posts over seven weeks may seem a lot to devote to the wrecking of New Zealand’s bird fauna....