Long-eared Owls have long eluded me. Two winters ago Will found some roosting at Five Rivers, one of my favorite local birding spots, while...

Niagara Falls is a world-renowned tourist destination because of, well, the really freaking big waterfalls there. Because of the monstrous falls a host of...

My day Saturday was spent gulling the Niagara River, a most gull-friendly spot, especially in early winter. Three species were plentiful: Bonaparte’s Gull, Herring...

what’s next, lions and lambs? Sharon the Birdchick has the amazing video of a crow mothering a kitten. Seriously, check it out.

are erupting from the far north in serious numbers. Matt Medler of the Boreal Songbird Initiative has the details on eBird.

In my post about the pelagic trip I took on Sunday I mentioned a jaeger that was spotted, a jaeger that was initially (and...

are never good for birds which is one reason David Sibley has been experimenting with a novel way to make birds aware of his...

When one is doing a Big Year in New York one must go on pelagic trips. As many as possible. Because I wasn’t doing...