This past weekend was so full of birding excursions and great birds that I am having a very difficult time deciding what post to...

Saturday was sunny and cool, the perfect combination for autumn birding.  I spent all morning at Jamaica Bay and had a great time (more...

When I got home from birding Jamaica Bay this morning I was greeted by an odd email off the ebirdsNYC listserv.  A rail, unidentified...

September, when passerine migration in the northern hemisphere goes into full swing, when listers try desperately to pick up the migrants they missed on...

It is not every day that a Great Blue Heron tolerates one’s presence from just across a small pond.  But then, it is not...

It rained on Thursday and Friday and again on Saturday.  By Saturday afternoon, not having birded since Charlie’s visit, I didn’t care if I...

“The world pumped up emissions of the chief human-produced global warming gas last year, setting a course that could push beyond leading scientists’ projected...

The morning sun shone through the sticker-laden kitchen window and warmed me as I prepared my breakfast.  The burner on the electric range, powered...