Author Archives: Mike

July rarely ranks high in the list of top birding months. Too few species on the move makes for the…

The birding around Lago de Yojoa in Honduras is frankly phenomenal, as I learned during a June 2018 birding junket…

The compelling contrarian positions put forth during Come@Me Week undoubtedly had many of you questioning your core beliefs about birds,…

Of all the ways people choose to pass their time, few recreational activities are as tightly bound to science as…

Ready for some contrarian birding commentary? The end of June may be superior in many ways to other times of…

Remember how much fun migration was? Say goodbye to that kind of excitement now that summer (or winter for the…

Honduras, a beautifully biodiverse Central American gem, offers everything birders look for in a travel destination, starting with ready access…

Another Father’s Day, another opportunity for millions of birding dads to invite, entice, or drag their progeny out into the…

Calendar spring is nearly at an end, but nature summer started a while ago. Most birders, attuned as they are…

Most of us know all too well the bittersweet mood returning from a birding trip evokes. On the one hand,…