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...

Esquire, the self-proclaimed “magazine about the interests, the curiosity, the passions, of men,” just served up a provocative feature on The 75 Skills Every...

Apparently, there are some sweet science and nature carnivals this month that we’ve neither hosted nor edited, such as the deliciously dichotomous Circus of...

Spring migration is just heating up around here so I’ve been stealing odd hours in the nearest stretch of decent habitat. Riverdale Park is...

I’m thrilled to be hosting this edition of the world’s greatest aggregation of arboreal blog brilliance. It should come as no surprise that I...

There is more than one way to look at a bird. So many people see birds as part of the scenery, if they look...

For the uninitiated, the word “coot” calls to mind nothing more than doddering old codgers and curmudgeons. Nature lovers, on the other hand, are...

Corey and I visited Central Park this morning for some early spring birding. At this point in the season, a good day might be...