This is not a bird-related post but an  announcement that my good friend Pam has started a blog that features 19th-century personal ads and...

As an American birder I don’t get to see wagtails very often at all.  In fact, the only time I have been so fortunate...

If you are living in the United States please take a moment to contact your Senators and Congressperson and urge them to cosponser the...

Though Queens, especially Jamaica Bay, is known for the fabulous numbers and variety of shorebirds that come through in fall migration there are often...

There is so much more to tell about the Kazakhstan trip but I am very glad that I have finally managed to make it...

In the United States the arguments against gay marriage from the right can be extremely absurd, such as Pat Robertson’s assertion that gay marriage...

So back to before the previous Kazakhstan post we go, just to confuse the heck out of you and make it impossible to keep...

So this past Sunday was really a banner day for me birding and photographing birds in Queens.  In addition to the Scarlet Tanager and...