December is drawing towards its grand finale as we all work furiously in advance of seemingly endless celebration. Contemplation of one’s Best Bird of...

Assuming you survived the calendar craziness of 12/12/12, it’s time to come to grips with the truth you may have been denying: the 2012...

This is one of those weekends where actually watching birds gets in the way of writing about them, so I’ll cut to the chase....

Nature lovers who love to travel know that few experiences are more enjoyable than preparation for a big trip. The mundane details that actually...

Early on Saturday morning I dropped my family off at the airport. From that point on I was birding, except for a brief interlude...

Nothing stirs this birder’s sense of excitement and adventure like the preparation involved in a trip to a new part of the world. Studying...

We’re entering the home stretch of the calendar year with just one more month to go before 2013. December tends to be a hectic...

We in the United States just enjoyed (or endured) the most commercial weekend of the calendar year. The extravagant  culinary commitment of Thanksgiving Thursday seems...