Once again this winter the Forest Park irregulars, a devoted group of birders who spend far too much time in Forest Park, are maintaining...

I’m in the middle of a book review blitz so pardon me if I cut right to the chase: where will you be this...

A bird’s crop is an expandable “muscular pouch near the gullet or throat.”  It is used to store excess food for later digestion.  Essentially...

How was your weekend? Any good birds? Don’t be shy… tell us about your best bird! My own weekend was rather devoid of birds;...

On 22 November, an Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens was seen in an unassuming and overgrown vacant lot in Queens next to the Aqueduct/North Conduit...

December has finally arrived. While this year slowly eases into the next, most folks feel they need to spend every free moment preparing for...

Bird banding (or ringing if you’re in the Old World) is considered one of the most effective ways of monitoring avian population, migration, and...

The weather forecasts for this week in New York City indicate that temperatures will be dropping into the thirties on the Fahrenheit scale during...