On the first day of winter, June 1st, I had just seen Grant off to work and I had a lovely surprise. One of...

Congratulations and Ululations With an Egyptian wedding at the hotel coinciding with the Eurovision Song contest, I couldn’t resist the sub-title. Apologies to anyone...

One aspect of summer I absolutely love is the break from the routine. Obviously, that means a lot of things in a lot of...

Everyone probably knows the story of how the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) came to the shores of America during the 19th century, but for...

There are few families of birds as bewitching as the birds-of-paradise. They are feathered jewels with extraordinary breeding dances almost unrivalled  in the bird world. They have...

I spent some quality time recently with a flock of Semipalmated Sandpipers at Big Egg Marsh in my home borough of Queens, the same...

Birding’s Holy Grails. They lurk ever-present in our sub-concious as sacred items on an unobtainable, yet highly desirable, list. We pour over photographs, read...

I have a feeling that this summer is going to be weird. How else to interpret the sudden arrival of April showers (and temperatures)...