Juvenile Least Sandpipers are among the most beautiful of shorebirds.  Their gorgeous white-fringed feathers and propensity for allowing close approach combine to make them...

Short-billed Dowitchers are one of those species that, at least for me, fade into the background once I have seen my first of the...

It was not too many years ago that it was questionable if Peregrine Falcons would continue to exist in several locations around the world,...

In searching for news about the birding world, as I often do, I came across this article that gives some information about how the...

When leaving the East Pond of Jamaica Bay on Saturday we came across this sunning Gray Catbird.  At first glance we thought it was...

I could watch terns all day long.  Flying, hunting, calling, preening, or just sitting around, I find terns fascinating.  It just seems so improbable...

My final outdoor adventure of my weekend upstate was a brief visit to the Ramshorn-Livingston Sanctuary in Catskill, NY, just over the county line...

A Bald Eagle crashed into an Alaska Airlines jet as it roared down the runway in Sitka, Alaska, at 140 mph on Sunday, nearly...