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...

Here in North America, we contend unendingly with invasive birds like the European Starling, Mute Swan, and House Sparrow. In Australia, they are grappling...

Identity theft is a serious crime. Birds, to my knowledge, rarely bring legal action against one another, but if they did, there is a...

In all the fuss and frenzy of trying to do a Big Year in New York I’ve been all over the state but when...

Now that summer is officially over, we can turn our attention to affairs of fall. Few events on the North American birding calendar are...

A recent evening saw me birding with Will at Peebles Island and we had not seen nearly enough birds. We were hoping to track...

Joan Collins, based out of northern New York, is an active member of many Empire State birding organizations. An ardent naturalist, licensed guide, and...