Birds on the brain

While sweating it out in the marshes at Lake Mattamuskeet I got a call from Brian Patteson, Captain of the Stormy Petrel II and the preemin...

Some of you may be aware that I've begun a research project on "bird biogeochemistry" at Lake Mattamuskeet, a site that just h...

This is part 2/2 of my Hispaniolan birding series. For part 1, see birding Haiti. I had high hopes for the Dominican Republic after an ex...

Haiti is no place for tourists of any kind let alone birders.  The environmentally-minded among us are probably familiar with the country...

Yes, this is coming out 6 months late.  And it is on a much lower plane compared to my top ten from 2010 (it’s what I get for visiting E...