John Gordon/Listening to Birds

Yesterday I birded with a youth. He knew more about the birds around me than I will ever know. I was the one asking the questions and learni...

Actor, writer, composer and conservationist Bill Oddie has passed away this week aged 85. I've always enjoyed his books and over the yea...

  A Million Views. Thank you My thirty year newspaper career ended 2011. I loved every moment of it, ups and the downs. The newspaper busi...

Manning Bird Blitz June 19-21 2026 The Manning Park Bird Blitz was founded in 1983 by Environmental Endowment Commission Canadian Commission...

  Skagit Valley Bird Blitz 2026 The Skagit’s Valley Bird Blitz is over for another year. Inaugurated in 2011, the Skagit Valley Bird Blitz w...

 Maui Mar 3-10  2026 Maui is a short twenty-five minute flight from Ohau. Our first two nights were spent at Kula, a community of farms and ...

  Feb 24-Mar 24 2026. Uhau/Honolulu My wife and I spent our the first day on Waikiki Beach. Our hotel was across from Fort Derussy Beach Par...