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Until today the only Painted Buntings I had ever seen were in Honduras. And, despite their absurdly gaudy appearance, I am sad to say that those buntings were not given their due because of the sheer volume of insanely good birds that were there for the watching.  This bunting was different. This was an absolutely [...]

Until today I had never seen a Fork-tailed Flycatcher.  It seems somehow fitting that a mere week after returning from my first visit to South America that a South American species of flycatcher should cross my field of view in the northeastern United States, because, well, that seems to be how things work.  Tyrannus savana [...]

One full week ago, a White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus, was discovered on Stratford Point, on Connecticut’s Long Island Sound shore.  Considering that the bird’s normal range is the western United States, south Texas, the southern tip of Florida, and portions of Central America and South America, birders were understandably excited about chasing down the rarity.  [...]

The Core Team gave Hawkwatch 2004 another try this past Saturday. Joined again by Core Team ally Frank and his lovely daughter, Lulu, we sought once more to observe the procession of fall migrants. This time, instead of the dramatic heights of Hook Mountain, we took to the gentle woodlands of Greenwich, CT. Quaker Ridge, [...]