The American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos that was first reported from Jamaica Bay on Wednesday, 14 July, (and that I twitched on 15 July)...

We’ve given away the two books in the two-book giveaway but if you weren’t the winner, don’t fret.  Another giveaway will be announced within...

Scientists have discovered a breeding site for the Large-billed Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus orinus, a bird first discovered in 1867 and not seen again until 2006. ...

There is nothing more cruel to a birder than being at work when the report of a rarity flashes across the listservs.  Such was...

…a giant, flightless, bird, for sure.  But what kind?  Mike Dickison attempts to answer the eternal question “What, if Anything, is Big Bird?“

Because sometimes lightning does strike (thanks to alert reader Meredith for the heads up on this article).  Of course, lightning isn’t the only occupational...

I had read of the guano islands off the coast of Peru before, but always thought of them within a historical context.  Turns out...

It has been six days now since about 400 Canada Geese that had been living on the lake at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, were rounded...