Every place has its common birds, the species that do very well in a given habitat. As we like...

Down here in Mexico, many of the longest life lists belong to full- or part-time birding guides. Now, I’m...

I usually do not write much about traveling to and from birding places but my friend and I arrived...

The thickly forested central region of the island of Trinidad isn’t often visited by birders who traditionally flocked to...

Do Brown-headed Cowbirds really smell like freshly baked sugar cookies? Do Dark-eyed Juncos really smell like leaves and dirt...

After returning once more from Nanhui and almost admiring the extent of ongoing destruction there, what better song to...

Well, it is that time of year again and shorebirds are breeding. Hopefully all of the migratory shorebirds that...

I went absolutely crazy a couple of weeks ago. Since my botanist friend Nacho (Ignacio) was on vacation, I...