This week has been dominated by one bird over this side of the pond, early Monday morning, not the...

Some weeks can be very hard and the last week was one of them. Thank goodness we can appreciate...

Who doesn’t love a macaw? Big, bold, beautiful parrots full of character and charm, macaws make us long for...

The Black-headed Gull, Larus ridibunus, is similar in many ways to Bonaparte’s Gull, Larus philadelphia of North America. They...

The Eastern Mediterranean Sea is what oceanographers call ultraoligotrophic, meaning that it has low primary productivity. Basically there just...

I’ve been to a lot of birding festivals—sometimes as a speaker, sometimes as a trip leader, and sometimes just...

The official start of summer hasn’t yet arrived, but those of you struggling through record-setting spikes in temperature may...

When the American Ornithologists’ Union publishes its annual North American checklist update next month, many birders will be disappointed...