At Jamaica Bay a couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to be with birders who carefully scan through each and every bird...

Owls, being nocturnal, sometimes don’t appear their best when they are spotted during the day.  In fact, it sometimes looks as if the owl...

One of my favorite things about birding is being out and about enjoying the day while the rest of the world sleeps.  Dawn is...

Well, really, it seems that having same-sex relationships, which occur in at least 130 species of bird, might, in some cases, at least, “be...

The White-rumped Sandpiper is an entertaining shorebird, aggressive and ornery, willing to chase other birds from the area it is feeding in no matter...

Arnold Glas, a German company, has won the red-dot design award for the latest iteration of their spider-web themed glass, called Ornilux MIkado, that...

And you thought our diabolical quizzes were hard!  Just wait until you get a load of Biological Ramblings’ Diabolical Shorebird Chick Quiz.  You will...

Shortly after posting this gallery of juvenile Short-billed Dowitchers I was back on the East Pond of Jamaica Bay and had perhaps the most...