In June, I go to Nickerson Beach, a place of nesting Common Terns, American Oystercatchers, Piping Plovers, and, later...

Over the past few months there has been a steady increase in the number of Glossy Ibis around the...

So it turns out dogs are useless. Or at least the four dogs in the house I’m staying at...

July can be very special time of year, but the birding rarely reaches the level of excitement our migratory...

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

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

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

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