books

In writing, humor is perhaps the area where it’s hardest to disputandum the gustibus. One person’s cheeky irreverence is another…

Long ago, before I became the bird-name rancoteur I am today, I had an idle question. Why, I asked myself,…

Years ago, when I reviewed Brian Kimberling’s Snapper, I reflected a bit on the pros and cons of writing in…

It’s here! It’s here! The American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of New York by Corey Finger, birder, blogger,…

Scott & Nix has been publishing an excellent series of field guides that cover individual states. The first to publish…

It’s December and that means one thing—a great excuse to buy books on birding. I thought I’d do a round-up…

While on a top-secret mission, I found the following at the bottom of a box filled with Petersonania and cheaply-printed…

The early teen years are prime time for kids to adopt environmentalism as a cause. The human sense of fairness…

Yeah, I’m kind of surprised too. After all, while I like to believe that I am a pretty good bird…

Since I live not very far from Greece, I have often combined my vacation there with birding. As the time…