I associate different times of the year with particular birds and bird movements. In some cases, I have been following these events since childhood...

In six or seven months, the “best books of the year” features will come out in the important print and web publications.  They will...

Cory’s Shearwater is missing a letter. One little “e” is absent from the name and it has been driving me crazy ever since I...

The Galapagos Islands? Costa Rica? How can a remote archipelago made famous for Darwin, a bunch of finches, and other cool endemic birds be...

If you’re a birder interested in cryptic species and pushing the frontiers of subspecific variation (and let’s be honest, who isn’t, amirite?), there’s no...

The one thing I really wanted to do on this most recent trip to southern California was visit Santa Cruz Island again. The last...

Spring is here with a vengeance and I took the opportunity to walk along the waterfront of Wellington Harbour yesterday evening after work to enjoy the...

Hutton’s Shearwaters are a bit of a mystery bird in the north of Western Australia, as you very rarely see them. It is believed...