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

Life, Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. From what I read, birds are the class of Aves...

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

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

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

The bane of North American birders in spring is the painful malady known as “warbler neck” that is caused...

You have got to admire the Manx Shearwater. As a youngster of 10-weeks old, it is abandoned by its parents...

SeaWorld and similar attractions that serve up cetacean entertainment to the masses don’t do that much for me. However,...