It’s a sometimes-painful fact of life that some fruits are easier to cope with as food than others. This...

This just might be a birding joke as old as the hills, but it’s one I hear without fail...

I’m not a larophile*, but some of my favorite birders are.  It’s hard to escape the mystic pull of...

Birders have a natural tendency to appreciate variety in form, from the bewildering range of colors displayed within a...

I find the American celebration of Thanksgiving an awkward holiday for birders. There’s no other day on the calendar...

Mrs. Moreau’s Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names is a bit different than earlier efforts I’ve seen in this...

One field guide, seven countries. It actually makes a lot of sense, the geographic features of the isthmus between...

Hallowe’en was two days ago, but today is All Souls’ Day and the Day of the Dead, so let’s...