I am sure that the most memorable first bird sightings have a way of sticking in your head. Whether it is an endemic, a...

Last weekend we had an extended family weekend at a beach house in Wildwood, New Jersey, just north of Cape May. And while I...

Weekends, you may have noticed, exhibit remarkable elasticity, capable of being stretched far beyond their normal boundaries. Many of you may still have a...

The past few weeks have seen increased activity on Broome’s beaches and this is not just the human activity, but also our resident shorebirds...

The next couple of months are traditionally a bit slow for lists. The spring migration has passed, most of the summer visitors have been...

Robert Frost once observed that happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. But why choose? The first weekend of July...

We’ve all heard the myth that rice thrown at weddings will explode birds’ stomachs. (Not true, according to Snopes.) But that doesn’t mean chowing...

As the dog days of summer descend upon us here in Mexico, many of our avian residents have bailed out and headed back north...