A few weeks ago, I spent a few days at Jixi, Anhui, a relatively rural place about 2.5 hours...

There are a lot of birds in Washington, DC. Oh sure, you can go to Rock Creek Park or the Tidal...

For many folks who live in places with cold winters, toucans are the birds on cereal boxes. While growing...

The tropical habitats of Costa Rica are home to a surprising number of raptor species. Although the country is...

For sure, this is an odd sight, can you even imagine an agile swimmer such as cormorant drowning in...

Growing up in Niagara Falls, New York, June was a celebration of summer. It was finally, actually, truly warm...

It’s still dark at 5 am when the alarm on my mobile phone wakes me up in a spacious...

Global Big Day is an initiative created by the folks at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to promote the...