Author Archives: Donna

Sometimes it takes an unexpected question. When my friend Victoria, who lives in Georgia and who is an avid birder…

Any doubt I had about the need for a book about rare birds in the United States And Canada were…

Is there a birder in the United States who is not familiar with the art of Charley Harper? Even if…

It took me a while to wrap my mind around the concept of Birds and People, Mark Cocker and David Tipling’s…

438. That was how many bird species I saw in 2013. Not bad, considering I did not leave the United…

I needed a book showing a Linnet.  There is a Linnet at Kissena Corridor Park in Queens, and though I…

There were three profound questions my birding group discussed while we birded Trinidad and Tobago, back in December 2012: (1)…

The cahow is one wild and crazy bird. Born in a burrow, it first sees daylight when it is time…

There are bird feeders and then there are squirrel feeders disguised as bird feeders, a fact known well by those…

In the old days, I watched the Atlantic Ocean to enjoy the view—the wavering line between sky and water, the…