book review

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) •…

Happy May Day!  Here in New York City, May is a magic time for birders as the migration floodgates open….

Two reactions on hearing that Steve Howell and Brian Sullivan have written a guide entitled Peterson Guide to Bird Identification–in 12…

About six-and-a-half years ago I had the privilege of watching a young Waved Albatross on the Galapagos island of Española…

I have to confess that it took me some time to warm up to Bruce M. Beehler’s North on the…

Darwin Day is February 12th, and for an early celebration I thought I’d take a look at a book that…

Happy Second Day of the New Year, 10,000 Birds friends! I am still in the old year as I write…

October 23 2017: I read the text message confirming that there is indeed a Common Greenshank at Edwin B. Forsythe…

There is no mistaking a Crossley ID Guide.  Larger, denser with avian information than your typical field guide, a Crossley…