Florida

There are a handful of sites in North America that can justifiably be considered must visits for birders.  It’s only…

I was in Florida last week, the freakiest of the southeastern states.  Its peninsular shape, dipping so seductively into the…

For as long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated by shorebirds. Growing up within an hour of one of…

During a family holiday this week, my wife suggested that other road users and pedestrians may take my erratic driving and…

I ate escargot for the first time a few months ago. That I didn’t enjoy it probably had to do…

One of the highlights of any birding trip to Florida’s Space Coast is watching waders and waterfowl at Ritch Grissom…

One of the all-day avian extravaganzas offered each year at the Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival scours central Florida…

With mere days to go before the start of the 14th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival, I’d like…

So much of this holiday season, it seems, revolves around giving and getting gifts. My mother doesn’t even have the…

James Bond had an Aston Martin DB5, suits from Saville Row and his trusty Walther PPK. John Steed, from ‘The…