The White-rumped Sandpiper is an entertaining shorebird, aggressive and ornery, willing to chase other birds from the area it is feeding in no matter...

The days of summer are flying by, as are the birds of summer. Have you seen them?  Increase the pleasure of your special bird sightings by bragging...

Shortly after posting this gallery of juvenile Short-billed Dowitchers I was back on the East Pond of Jamaica Bay and had perhaps the most...

Juvenile Least Sandpipers are among the most beautiful of shorebirds.  Their gorgeous white-fringed feathers and propensity for allowing close approach combine to make them...

August is almost gone, which means your local migratory birds will soon depart as well, assuming they’ve hung around this long! Enjoy another (hopefully...

Short-billed Dowitchers are one of those species that, at least for me, fade into the background once I have seen my first of the...

It was not too many years ago that it was questionable if Peregrine Falcons would continue to exist in several locations around the world,...

Do you love your birds of summer? Enjoy them while they last; depending on where you live, they may already be on their way out. Increase the...