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Best Bird of the Weekend
April tends to be one of those months that contain multitudes, at once as temperate as any spring or fall but then turning quickly to extremes. What is moderate in mid-April...
15 hours ago - 10,000 Birds
How To Transport Wild Birds
I am so happy to be back on 10,000 birds - I have missed Mike and Corey and my fellow Beat Writers! Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe...
1 day ago - 10,000 Birds
Time to head north
It is that time of year again when we start to see the shorebirds around Broome change into their beautiful breeding plumage. We then witness their departures each evening over...
1 day ago - 10,000 Birds
When my mother died in 2015 we took over the
When my mother died in 2015 we took over the care of her two parakeets. We weren't sure of their ages, but when one of them died, we didn't want the other to be alone. We knew...
2 days ago - Happy Tails
Domaines Paul Mas ‘Vignes de Nicole' Cabernet Sauvignon - Syrah (2018)
When I picked up a bottle of this week's featured wine last March at a shop in southern Quebec (on my last trip out of the United States before the pandemic), I assumed the...
3 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Japanese Night Heron in Shanghai
Last Sunday, it was raining hard, but I went out to Chongming Island, a part of Shanghai, anyway. Mostly I went because some farmers there keep a lovely dog in a cage, and I...
4 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Into the Clouds
Trinidad's cloud forests typically aren't birded much. After all, the habitat is restricted to the highest and mostly inaccessible reaches of the mountain range across the...
4 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Maine Jumpstarted My 2021 Birding
Like so many, the majority of my birding since the Covid-19 pandemic began has centered on my own backyard and local walking excursions. But as we kicked off 2021, I found...
4 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Paradise Regained
Among all the birding locations I have found, Pino Real was my first love. I was just getting back into birding, and had only gone to some urban sites, during 2012 and 2013. I...
5 days ago - 10,000 Birds
A Survey of U.S. Birders
Comprehensive surveys of U.S. birders are rare, so the recent release of a “ National Survey of Birdwatchers: Nationwide and Flyway Comparisons ” is notable. Although the...
6 days ago - 10,000 Birds
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Guide to Long Distance Binoculars
Guide to choosing the best high powered long distance binoculars to be used for land based observation. Most high lower bins are usually designed with astronomy in mind...
Best Birding Binocular 2016/2017
During the year many, many binoculars arrive on my desk for testing and review. So at times even I can find it a little overwhelming as to which is best. This every year I...
BirdWatching Binoculars 101
If you are new to birding, choosing your first pair of binoculars can seem a little daunting, but it needn't be. This guide takes you thought where to start and all the...
Best Bird of the Weekend
April tends to be one of those months that contain multitudes, at once as temperate as any spring or fall but then turning quickly to extremes. What is moderate in mid-April...
How To Transport Wild Birds
I am so happy to be back on 10,000 birds - I have missed Mike and Corey and my fellow Beat Writers! Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe...
Time to head north
It is that time of year again when we start to see the shorebirds around Broome change into their beautiful breeding plumage. We then witness their departures each evening over...