Adding a second child, even a healthy one like my lovely and robust Ivy, to the Core Team has ensured that we’ve been seeing...

One of the most compelling reasons to take up bird watching doesn’t include birds at all. You see, no bird is an island. Every...

When shorebird season arrives, one group you should keep your eyes open for, no matter where on Earth you call home (unless for some...

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail I think hobnobbing with so many fantastic bug bloggers is getting to me because I find myself paying increased attention to...

Least Sandpiper I dropped in at Crestwood Lake in Westchester during my Saturday morning shopping, both to give Mason a chance to throw rocks...

My sister and I went to the Giants (New York football, not San Francisco baseball) game last night to watch them handily dispatch the...

Birding, bird watching, bird spotting… no matter what you call it, you’ll only be telling part of the story. This activity may begin with...

A couple of months ago, in my determined (some might say obsessive) effort to exert some sense of sorely needed structure on this site,...