Birders, as I’ve written before, are consumers of the fruits of evolution, celebrants of the processes of natural selection...

Although the twain rarely meet in the field, birding and drinking seem similar in many ways. That’s right, I...

Pablo Picasso famously boasted, “I do not seek. I find.” Arrogant gasbag though he was, Picasso certainly described the...

Conjure an image of a 21st century naturalist and you’ll probably envision an intrepid adventurer swaddled in wicking fabrics,...

Old goatherds swear how all night long they hear The warning whirr and burring of the bird Who wakes...

Despite their dramatically different settings, birding and blogging are a lot alike.  For one, they’re both a lot of...

The back-to-school season is fast approaching for those of us in countries who observe summer vacation during the months...

Birding is an interesting avocation in that if you ever express even a slight interest in birds, people get...