My family and I spent last week in Cape Cod, enjoying a last summer getaway in a summer where getaway options have been extremely...

Those of us in the United States are celebrating Memorial Day Weekend, normally a time to gather with friends and family for barbecues, beach...

I am a birder living in the epicenter of the epicenter of COVID-19 right now. New York City is the hottest of hot spots,...

Having finally found a Black Vulture for my Queens list, an important tick both because it was long overdue and because it was the...

I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2020 this morning at Cunningham Park in my home borough of Queens, where I was looking for...

  Few birds are as spectacular as a Northern Gannet in a plunge dive. The way they briefly flare up and turn over, pulling...

Over President’s Day weekend my family and I took a much-needed break in Jamaica. We landed mid-afternoon on the fifteenth of February and flew...

Breezy Point, the westernmost tip of the barrier islands that protect Long Island’s south shore, is also the southwestern most portion of Queens and...