The Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus is a large black and white shorebird that has distinctive long pink legs. It has...

Caribbean dry forests with trees such as Gumbo Limbo, Pigeon-Plum, and West Indies Mahogany; remote breeding colonies of Sooty...

The first weekend of May is not a time to ask if one will be birding; that avian observation...

I’m a biogeography buff, and I’m seriously disappointed when I get a guide book that doesn’t have maps in....

We birders in the northeastern United States are unbearable in April. All we do is complain about the lack...

Like many birders in the online era, I’m a big fan of eBird. The program’s merits scarcely have to...

That’s right…I used the punchline from one of the worst jokes in history for this one, but it seems...

Before the weekend began, I mentioned how swallows hadn’t invaded these northern latitudes yet. I was mistaken. Swallows are...