Those of us who scan the shores of the North Atlantic are privileged to occasionally encounter that most pulchritudinous of pelagic birds, the Northern...

The Butterbutt, or, more properly, the Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) is one of the most common warblers in North America. The reason for their...

On Sunday, October 28, I birded Jones Beach and Point Lookout in Nassau County, hoping to find migrating passerines blown to the barrier beaches...

It took until the last day I was in northeastern Germany to see Eurasian Coots. I was worried I wouldn’t see one at all,...

The Pochard is a diving duck of Eurasia, similar to the North American Redhead and Canvasback. Somehow, despite having visited several good locations like...

You had to know that I wouldn’t be able to resist doing this post for long. Great Tits and Blue Tits are common wherever...

Like every other specialized activity, the noble pursuit of bird watching has accumulated its own collection of jargon, slang, and scientific vocabulary. Fortunately, there’s...

Despite the fact that I have been in Berlin for two full days now I haven’t seen very many species of bird yet. This...