Be warned, The Atlas of Birds is not a map book, though it does contain maps, lovely orange and...

Can you believe that it hasn’t even been a year since Richard Crossley and Princeton University Press unleashed The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern...

Have you ever looked to the sky and seen a high-flying hawk and wanted to know what it was?...

Anarchy – discontent – upheaval! Desperate fights over territory, water, and food! Poisoned air! Unhappiness! I fear we are...

Recently, I’ve reviewed a number of well-designed and interesting books on birds. Today, I bring you an equally lavish...

I confess, I don’t always love hawks.  Sure, they’re beautiful and powerful, a reminder of the feral freedom of...

The Big Year was alright.  It was neither horrible nor outstanding, neither fully factual nor completely made-up, neither completely...

I’ve long felt that birders, as a group, should have a greater appreciation for the book as a physical...