When it’s a Piranga species tanager, obviously. Have you heard the news? The Fiftieth Supplement to the American Ornithologists’...

All of the pictures here were taken at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge today.  Please leave your guesses as to...

Mid-July is upon us. What else can I say? For many of us, this time of year feels a...

I’ve finally done it!  More than a year and a half since my first foray into international birding I...

One tends to think of birding as an idyllic pastime.  One goes into the field, sees gorgeous creatures, identifies...

You know that we’re just wild about waxwings around here. Who wouldn’t be? Waxwings are social, sleek, and oh...

Just yesterday, 3 July, I headed north out of the city by bus, met up with more birders in...

Shai Mitra is a birder-extraordinaire, a wonderfully patient teacher, a member of the New York State Avian Records Committee,...