July can be very special time of year, but the birding rarely reaches the level of excitement our migratory months deliver. Enjoy this season...

The dog days of July, when birders desperately seek out south-bound shorebirds, odd breeding records, or anything else to keep themselves from losing their...

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...