Carara National Park isn’t just any old protected area. It’s one of the top birding hotspots in Costa Rica...

Leaf peeping carries a special connotation for those of us more interested in what is flying amidst the foliage....

It’s been a head-scratcher for quite some time.  What’s with the yellow-shafted Northern Flickers in the eastern U.S. bearing some orange feathers?...

In the most of Europe, Brown Bear is a mythical creature that lives only in mediaeval tapestries and folk...

I recently wrote a short story here on 10,000 Birds about one of our endemic species, the Belding’s Yellowthroat,...

I’m back! Back to the site, and back from 6 weeks in Africa (with four weeks gloriously cut off...

It was odd to realize that with a temperature of 85 degrees F and a breeze, I felt like...

One downside to birding in autumn–certainly not the only one–is how almost everything you see heading south is something...