I have written six posts in the last two weeks, in preparation for a long-awaited month-long vacation. (We will...

Warning: Any and all flycatchers shown in this post may be misidentified. Cut me some slack. These are the...

Back in November of 2017, I travelled to the tourist town of Puerto Vallarta, on Mexico’s west coast, to...

Last week I told you about one of my favorite places to visit at this time of year, the...

Central Mexico, where I live, has a monsoon climate. In other words, we tend to have heavy rains from...

We all have them: families of birds that are maddeningly similar, forever leaving nagging doubts about our identifications. Gulls....

Most birders love a good double-hyphenate. Except, of course, for those who don’t yet know what a double-hyphenate is....

I was born in Minnesota. Had my life taken a different turn, and had I remained in that state,...