Short answer: The woodpecker is most likely not crazy and noshing on the house is not what the woodpecker has in mind.  Woodpeckers could...

On a recent visit to Prospect Park one of the many wonderful sights was a nest belonging to a pair of American Robins in...

Birders up north are no doubt gearing up for the peak of spring migration across the eastern half of the continent. The middle of...

The haunting call of the West Indian Whistling Duck has long been a sound synonymous with the ever-shrinking wetlands of the Caribbean. But, as...

Life, Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. From what I read, birds are the class of Aves [feathered, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying...

On a recent visit to Central Park I chanced upon a singing House Wren Troglodytes aedon and followed it back to a hole in...

Now that we’re past May Day, the next month promises some of the most spectacular migratory action of the calendar year. If you’re reading...

I don’t know if I am just really lucky this year or more observant but I found another oddball Ruddy Duck recently.  Instead of...