I’ve just put a few photos from the British Bird Fair up at The Wingbeat–if you’ve never been, you’ve got to go!

A hundred years ago tomorrow, Roger Tory Peterson was born in Jamestown, New York. Houghton Mifflin is marking the centennial of one of its most valuable authors with the publication of a new Field Guide, fusing in one handsome, generously formatted volume the old eastern, western, and Texas guides. The new book will please [...]

For those lucky enough to be in Patagonia tomorrow, here are a few photos that might help to identify the Sinaloa Wren–if it reappears.

The Sinaloa Wren is on the right, with a Bewick’s and a Happy Wren to its left. Note the rather “cold” tone to the underparts and the clearly rusty tail of the [...]

At last!! Matt Brown and Robin Baxter discovered a singing Sinaloa Wren today at Arizona’s Patagonia - Sonoita Creek Preserve, something like 19 years after the first, inadequately documented report. If accepted–and it sounds like there is reasonable documentation–this will be a long-expected and welcome first for the ABA Area.
I’ve posted a couple of images [...]

A wonderful conclusion to this year’s Southwest Wings festival: a morning in the Mule Mountains with Tom Wood and half a score of personable and enthusiastic birders! And with both of my lectures behind me, I could relax and enjoy the fine weather, the good company, and the spectacular views.

As is often the case with [...]