Reviews

Drinking is an act of risk and vulnerability, though it’s such an everyday part of our existence that no one…

What do you do when you are a bird guide in a Central American country incredibly rich in birds and…

For all its enduring appeal as the perfect summer table fruit, the strawberry only seldom embarks on the hopeful journey…

Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) was among the…

I’ve been dragging my feet on wine reviews here at Booze and Birds for quite some time. Not that I…

There’s more than one obsession in The Feather Thief, and though the mind boggles at the lengths to which the…

Every once in a while you stumble on a new natural history book that seems destined to be a classic….

If you like birds and you also like . . . Oh, wait. I already know that you like birds…

Gulls make my head spin. You know why. To borrow from the Patty Duke Show theme song (I’m dating myself,…

• Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature is Thriving in an Age of Extinction (Chris D. Thomas, Public Affairs) •…