It seems that my article last week on the dangers posed by birds struck a chord with the readers, many of whom posted their...

This migration season in Florida is fast coming to a close but it has not been without its high points. The Florida Keys Hawk-watch...

November visits upon New York dank, leaden chill and multitudes of ducks. I vastly prefer the latter, particularly those species that don’t frequent this...

Wouldn’t it be nice if, considering how special weekends are to most of us, we each learned something new every weekend? This weekend was...

The oldest division in the great avian tree lies between the ratites and tinamous (the paleognaths) and all other living birds (the neognaths). The...

I’m on the move this weekend. With hope, some interesting birds are as well. How about you? I’ll be in NYC but unlikely to...

Of all the billions of things that keep wildlife rehabilitators from sleeping at night, public releases are one of the big ones. Ideally, we...

The Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius), often touted as the most dangerous in the world due to its powerful kick when provoked, is a large,...