I still use the term “bird watching” rather than “birding”. This is the term that I grew up with...

Tragically, McSweeney’s doesn’t have quite enough hard-core birders in the audience to appreciate this. But I thought you guys...

Mid-August may feel like the doldrums where you are, but you can trust that more birds are coming your...

In reading a recent story by our esteemed writer, Mr. Redgannet, I was brought to mind some recent photos...

The first week of August marks that point in the year where most people I know start to bemoan...

In Australia it is winter in July, but the weather is as perfect as you could hope for in...

The beats have managed to overcome the summer-birding doldrums. 9 beats sent in 64 checklists finding 513 species between them. Lists were...

Real seasons shift more quickly and subtly than our crude quartile scheme suggests. While the calendar asserts that we...