Now that passerine migration has largely wound down the attention of this New York birder has shifted to seabirds, shorebirds, and the occasional trip...

We here in New York City (and in much of the northeastern United States) are dealing with a pretty major cold snap for late...

A week ago this past Friday I did a Queens Big Day in that I spent the whole day birding across a variety of...

There is little that I like to do more in Spring than join the throng of birders at the Forest Park waterhole and wait...

It’s always good to be reminded that when you are looking at birds you are actually looking at dinosaurs. And xkcd is excellent at...

After several weeks of putting in way too much time at work I finally finished bargaining a contract early last week and had it...

You can’t really talk about pink birds without talking about pink finches. For some reason the Fringillidae, as the finch family is called if...