I am not the least bit surprised that no one correctly identified what was in the quiz picture I posted on Friday.  After all,...

Richard Conniff has a nice piece in the New York Times Opinionator today about naturalists who made the ultimate sacrifice while on voyages of discovery.

As I have already mentioned in my post about finding and identifying a California Gnatcatcher I spent quite a bit of time wandering what...

One great aspect of visiting southern California in winter is that birds are everywhere that there is even marginal habitat.  On my trip we...

Not only is a fellow Queens bird blogger interviewed, but the article, by Nathan Heller, ends with this: Despite their reputation as quirky hobbyists,...

Here is a very quick quiz for those of you with a short attention span.  This quiz is simple, straightforward, and to the point,...

After the sheer joy of finding my own life Thayer’s Gull I made an attempt to visit the San Jacinto Wildlife Area, which is...

The Varied Thrush that I twitched back in November in Central Park is still around and even out-of-towners are appreciating it of late.  Both...