Emotion. Drama. Intrigue. Philosophy. Yes, I’m talking about scientific proposals to ornithological taxonomic authorities. Take,...

Nuthatches are small, short-tailed, sharp-billed songbirds widely recognized for their ability to hitch headfirst down...

Hummingbirds are one of the joys of wintertime birding here in Louisiana. My friend Erik...

The air was thick and clammy, and mosquitoes were biting along Louisiana’s Mermentau River last...

The word “tanager” conjures certain images for most of us birder types. Maybe words like...

Tubenose. No, it’s not part of a Shakespearean insult. Tubenoses are seabirds that belong to...

We humans have a very deep and powerful urge to assemble individual data points into...

Last month, I wrote about hypothesized relationships between passerines, parrots, falcons, and seriemas, noting a...