For far too long there has been a bird that North American birders have mocked, derided, persecuted, hated, and, perhaps worse of all, ignored. ...

New York City, June 2008 The title of this post pretty much says it all. A couple of weeks ago I watched and photographed...

This time of year we birders are all about firsts.  The slow return of breeding birds to the higher latitudes has every one of...

Sure, it’s a made-up bird, but as Seagull Steve says, “But wouldn’t this be an awesome bird? … Not only is this a concretely epic...

Whoo-hoo! It is now, on 20 March 2012, spring!  Take that, southern hemisphere! Here in New York it has felt like spring for, well,...

Colombia is not only home to nearly 20% of all avian life on the planet but this birding mecca also accommodates an incredibly high...