book review

A feather is a magical thing. There is a wonder to its construction and color, a mystery that goes beyond…

“Get a field guide!” That’s what novice birders are told, over and over. But, sometimes an appreciation of birds and…

Costa Rica is a small yet very birdy country (readers may have gotten that impression on previous posts I have…

How blessed can one guy be? Not only is Kenn Kaufman a world-class birder and all-around naturalist who makes his…

I like sparrows. I like observing them, reading about them, grappling with species and subspecies identification, and even—on a good…

Forget the old news, Rwanda of today is one of Africa’s safest, cleanest and most stable countries. Slightly larger than…

It is vexing to see (even more, to hear) three crows, common as dirt, chasing a red-tailed hawk out of…

The full title of this exceptional book by Marie Read is Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing…

Perhaps you don’t know it yet, but with more than 1000 bird species, palm-fringed sandy beaches, developed tourism infrastructure, moderate…

I’m hardly the first person to observe that it’s all too easy to get overwhelmed by bad environmental news, and…