Ask any birder–migration is joy. It’s endless frustration that suddenly erupts into wild excitement, a reason to get up...

The adventure of the second European Breeding Bird Atlas, or EBBA2, was the topic of one of my first...

When the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (or SARS-CoV-2) acquired the name COVID-19 (short for...

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Since the 2nd edition of the Collins Bird Guide (published as “Birds of Europe” in the US) from 2009,...

Here are some of the questions that were running through my mind as I read Owls of the Eastern...

One of the nice things about winter finch irruptions is that they usually take place across two calendar years,...

Happy New Year, 10,000 Birds readers! For my first post of 2021, I’m going to reach back to a...