The week of President’s Day this year found me, my family, and some close friends spending a week in a beach house on Tybee...

When a Pacific Loon was found last weekend in Nassau County, by the marina in Oyster Bay, I was indifferent. After all, I saw...

There are few places in Queens that I like birding in winter more than Baisley Pond Park. When I go to Baisley, which is...

When reports of an extremely cooperative Thick-billed Murre at Shinnecock Inlet starting coming in early last week I resigned myself to living vicariously through...

It’s 2019! Happy New Year! What was your first bird of the year? Share it, and the story, in the comment section. Hopefully, it...

Of all the ducks in the world scaup are the worst. They are unattractive, ubiquitous, and uninteresting. Whether they are Greater Scaup or Lesser...

Eight days ago, on Sunday, 16 December, a whole big bunch of intrepid birders headed out across my fine home borough into abysmal conditions...

While birding out at the coast of Queens this year I have noticed on several occasions a variety of birds, mostly finches, feeding on...