book review

Are seabirds the last frontier of bird identification? Steve N. G. Howell and Kirk Zufelt certainly think so. They say…

Or How a Serbian Suave Playboy Promoted Birding the Caribbean Oh, the joys of slipping through the pages of a…

It’s never too late or too early to buy a children’s book about birds. You never know when you’ll be…

The last time a Julie Zickefoose book was reviewed on this blogsite, the piece began by saying “This is going…

Helm Field Guides, Paperback – May 2018 As we birders like to see ourselves, we aren’t tourists but travellers, even…

Antpittas and Gnateaters by Harry F. Greeney was recommended to me as a book I HAD to review by no…

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…