To each lifer, there is a story. Sometimes, the story can be very short, a mere line in the notebook without...

Now that the rush to populate your 2011 year list has subsided (or never truly inflamed you to begin...

If ever a family were designed to catch the eye, it is the rollers. They perch conspicuously, perform dramatic...

BirdLife International has been talking in recent months about the status of Egyptian Vultures and 3 species of Vultures...

Given the holiday season, I imagine that birders aren’t sitting by their computers taking difficult quizzes.  We’re out birding...

I have long wanted to see a Burrowing Owl.  They are owls, which automatically gives them a certain cachet,...

Have you embarked yet upon your first true birding excursion of 2011? I haven’t, and my avian inactivity is...

Saturday was the 76th Long Branch Christmas Bird Count, a count I’ve compiled since 2008. It’s a fun, diverse...