Join Kirsten at the Miami Book Fair for an evening with Amy Tan discussing her lovely new book The Backyard Bird Chronicles on Friday, November 22 at 6pm. Tickets can be purchased through the Miami Book Fair....
Join Kirsten for a special field trip with Phoebes Birding to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden on Saturday, November 16 at 7:30am. Free and open to the first 20 nature-loving women to RSVP....
Our group stood quietly in the forest trying to ignore the mosquitoes buzzing incessantly as our guides played a softly-repeating whoop-like call over their loud speakers. We all listened as they paused the audio, straining to hear the faint response of a Gray-fronted Quail-Dove. Our...
Satyr Tragopan Our tour bus erupts in commotion on a partially paved road high in the Himalayas. Binoculars swing to the left. Middle rows stand. Back-seaters move forward. Windows shove open and camera lenses burst forth. A flurry of flakes and frigid air seep into the...
Let’s face it, birders can be a serious bunch. There are both written and unspoken rules that garner more than just glares if broken - God forbid you point or wear white boots. I’m pretty sure laughter is generally frowned upon as well. Yet it...