On the day after the most epic day of hurricane birding I’ve ever experienced I, like quite a few...

Today is International Vulture Awareness Day!  Rather than go into great detail about a variety of vultures as we...

I have taken refuge on the high ground as Irene batters the east coast of North America and Nanmadol swamps...

“Self,” I said to myself, “it is Thursday. You have used up all your New York blogging material. You...

Though they have a world-wide distribution and can be found on every continent except Antarctica, Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia is a bird...

Labor and the rights of the American working class may have fallen into disrepute lately, but the Labor Day...

There are two thoroughly enjoyable events for bird watchers coming up in the next couple of months. You’ve probably...

The California Quail (Callipepla californica) is the California state bird, inhabiting scrub, broken chaparral and woodland edges primarily in California, Oregon, Washington...