It’s been a head-scratcher for quite some time.  What’s with the yellow-shafted Northern Flickers in the eastern U.S. bearing some orange feathers? (As in the photo above,...

Or is that the rules of the air? (As demonstrated by the flock of Budgerigars, above and below, photographed earlier this year by Clare) While...

The news that bird flu is spreading to Antarctica isn’t quite as dire as you might expect. That is, the penguins—in this case, Chinstrap Penguins...

While those of us in the United States are coping with a long, painful, crazy Presidential election process, our genial, civilized, and thoughtful neighbors...

In the popular imagination, Hawaii is a tropical paradise. (No, not a magical place—you’re thinking of Tahiti, Agent Coulson.) But it’s not always so...

Image by ChanduBandi/Wikimedia Commons The Greater Adjutant Stork is large, striking, and revered in Hindu mythology. It’s also endangered, with populations in India and Cambodia...

Snowy Owl at Breezy Point photographed by Corey Many North American birders have, over the last few years, received a rare treat. Irruptions of Snowy...

(With regards to The Smiths for the title inspiration) North American listers, if you haven’t already been following the latest drama in bird taxonomy,...