June

Calendar spring is nearly at an end, but nature summer started a while ago. Most birders, attuned as they are…

Your local season of migration, be it spring or fall, is drawing to a close. Every weekend until the doldrums…

In terms of migration excitement, June feels like the party you arrived at just a little late. Everyone still seems…

It’s official: summer has swept over the Northern Hemisphere, carrying a wave of long, hot days and sultry, buggy nights…

North of the Equator, birders tend to focus their efforts this time of year on breeding birds. No, we’re not…

Oh, to be birding at Shark Bay in Australia Mid-June causes confusion in the United States, in that summer hasn’t…

If you’ve ever tried to break a bad habit or encode a good one, you’ve learned how critical the concept…

The solstice tells us that we are finally immersed in summer, assuming you live north of the Equator. Antipodeans are…

Fatherhood, for those of you who have never had the pleasure, is rich with moments of joy, satisfaction, and lots…

The world’s temperate zones enter this weekend in a state of equipoise, balanced precariously between a season of migration and one…