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

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,...

Do people go birding while inebriated?  There is the blog The Drinking Bird, but what about the drinking birder?  Birdchick hosts Birds and Beers...

The Metropolitan Transit Authority, the agency in New York City that is in charge of the subway system, among other things, has installed a...

Buteo lineatus, the Red-shouldered Hawk, is a gorgeous bird. Before January I had come across the very red birds of the western United States...

There is a great article about Passenger Pigeons by Bill Loomis in The Detroit News today. It is well worth a read.

Flushing Meadows Corona Park, March 2010 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus is a much-maligned and persecuted creature.  Like cormorants and shags the world over they...