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Sunday was a day with Daisy’s family, and what better way to spend it than with bawdy lasses, courageous jousters, hilarious jesters, and strong mead?  No better way, of course, which is why we headed to Sterling Forest in Tuxedo, New York, to the New York State Renaissance Fair.  For those who don’t know, Renaissance [...]

Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
Sterling Forest, New York, May 2006 and May 2008

The beautiful Golden-winged Warbler is a long-distance migrant between the New World tropics (it winters from central Guatemala southward into the northwestern tip of South America) and eastern North America where it breeds mainly in shrubby habitats, often with scattered trees and at the [...]

When Mike and I were in New York’s Sterling Forest the other day it wasn’t just the abundance of Blue-winged and Golden-winged Warblers that ensured we had a great morning out, but also a close encounter with a very special moth…

Every year people on both sides of the Atlantic report sightings of “strange hummingbirds [...]

Spring migration has engulfed New York once again, which heralds, among other things, my annual pilgrimage to Sterling Forest State Park. I’ve been making this run for years with good reason… the birding is sick. I know of no place else on the planet that offers both Golden-winged and Blue-winged Warblers with such assurance and [...]

I was faced with a difficulty, albeit enviable decision this weekend. Should I chase Clapper Rails and Seaside Sparrows at Jamaica Bay with Corey or visit Sterling Forest in search of specialty warblers? Tough one, right? Well, I decided to go with the latter, reasoning that rails and the like will be viable targets all [...]

Amy of WildBird on the Fly was not the only blogger to figure prominently in this big birding weekend of mine. Charlie also came to town, and he was on a mission. We had a list of three target birds to locate and a prime location for all three. Too bad the capricious, fitful weather [...]

The Core Team May warbler blitz continued unabated this weekend. We were joined by Seth, who has, at long last, succumbed to the sweet siren song of birding. He’s even started his life list, so we tried to pad it as thoroughly as we could with the pulchritudinous passerines of spring migration.
Saturday found us yet [...]