Terminology

Black-thighed Grosbeak. On a recent Costa Rica trip, one of these was called out while an epic mixed flock was…

During the middle ages, a specialised vocabulary became popular in the sport of hunting. Known at the time as ‘terms…

I was recently reading a rather vitriolic comment thread on a blog post related to carbon dioxide and global warming…

When a pelagic trip is short of great new birds to watch there is almost always the chum scrum to…

The concept that bird watchers can accurately identify birds by their general aspect and behavior rather than by any specific…

This past Monday I was running around with my son in my backyard after work.  We were doing the regular…

When a birder sees a really, really, good bird and another birder doesn’t see the bird, the first birder will…

A bird’s crop is an expandable “muscular pouch near the gullet or throat.”  It is used to store excess food…

Birds seem to be popping up everywhere in trivia these days. Just yesterday, I was listening to a quiz show…

Like every other specialized activity, the noble pursuit of bird watching has accumulated its own collection of jargon, slang, and…