Brush Bronzewing–Phaps elegans are one of the bird species that we rarely encounter, because we are rarely in the right...

The heart, you may have heard, wants what it wants. If what you want this Valentine’s weekend is to...

Today is Valentine’s Day – which means that at this very moment, countless would-be Romeos and hopeful Casanovas are...

I have commented before on the privilege and pain of living in a state (Michoacán, Mexico) which hosts 10...

Bird feeding is serious business. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service estimates that Americans spend nearly $1 billion annually...

I’ve learned a thing or two about winter birding since I’ve moved to a place with an abundance of...

During the recent months we spent in Victoria we were lucky enough to observe a pair of Hooded Plovers....

Two epigraphs open Bernd Heinrich’s White Feathers:  The Nesting Lives of Tree Swallows, each so redolent of his work...