It is the twenty-sixth of March.  By the calendar, spring has been here for nearly a week.  Red-winged Blackbird hordes have gone through, and...

One essential way to heighten the pleasure of a special bird sighting is to brag about it later. Step right up and share your best...

I think I’ve done it, and by “it” I mean devised an ID challenge so… challenging that even our audience won’t be able to...

Time to shake off the excesses of St. Patrick’s Day celebration (unless you’re a devotee of drunk birding) and embrace the coming vernal equinox. Where...

One essential way to heighten the pleasure of a special bird sighting is to brag about it later. Step right up and share your best...

If one were to draw a distinction between birders and bird watchers — and I don’t necessarily agree that such a separation must be...

It has been nearly a week since the Flying Feeder Birds Diabolical Quiz was posted so I offer my apologies for the slightly late...

As I described in my recent blog post about my walk across Queens, I was fortunate enough to have a male Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus...