I spent both mornings this weekend visiting local birding spots in Queens from the coast to the forested parks. I love birding in the...

The recent hubbub in the northeastern United States in terms of rare birds has been all about the Whiskered Tern at Cape May, the...

Ron Pittaway has published his winter finch forecast for the winter of 2014-2015. Though Ron is based in Ontario his reports are eagerly anticipated...

Back in January, when I was enjoying my attendance at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival down in Titusville, Florida, I had an...

Last week here at 10,000 Birds we did a theme week called “Extinction Week.” We covered a wide variety of topics but to me...

North of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens is a middle class neighborhood, predominantly Italian-American, known as Howard Beach. Named for William J. Howard,...

Midafternoon on 9 August 1825, Andrew Bloxam, the naturalist on the HMS Blonde, shot a starling on Mauke, an island in the Cook Islands....

Passenger Pigeon. Kioea. Broad-billed Parrot. Alaotra Grebe. Saint Helena Cuckoo. Grand Cayman Thrush. Ascencion Crake. Kakawahie. What do the eight birds above have in...