I’ve been birding for nearly 2/3 of my life and, until this past weekend, I’d never even sniffed a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.  For a long...

Ok, let’s admit that there are many people out there who think of birding as a weird and eccentric pastime. But we’re not alone....

How was your weekend? North of the equator, we have precious few remaining days where light exceeds darkness. The encroaching darkness instills in me...

Hey, New York birders!  Yeah, you with the sheepish look on your face!  You just enjoyed one of the most epic days of birding...

What to do with this jar of nectar concentrate? In a fit of preparedness, I made a couple quarts of my special hummingbird nectar...

It is not every day that one gets a taste of Cape May while at Magee Marsh.  In fact, this might be the beginning...

The Little Blue Heron, like most (all?) herons and egrets, flies with its neck bent and its head drawn in close to the body so...

All of us who identify ourselves as birders are thrillingly familiar with the sense of discovery, accomplishment, and even adventure that goes hand in...