My spark bird was the Red-tailed Hawk that lives next to Central Park, the one named Pale Male I’ve...

I try not to think in terms of a “year list”. I try not to think in terms of...

This is the crazy winter period, the time of Christmas Bird Count scouting, birding, counting and compiling. And then...

Several years ago I asked one of my birding mentors, a curmudgeon with an enviable life list, if he...

I spent the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in the usual post-hurricane activities—looking for storm birds, making sure my loved...

If it’s October, then it is time to look up. Look up for migrants, look up for confusing fall...

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“Peek!” Plunk. “Peek!” Plop. “Peek!” Plip. These were the sounds I heard as I walked around a small pond...