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

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

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

It took until the last day I was in northeastern Germany to see Eurasian Coots. I was worried I...

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

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

Like every other specialized activity, the noble pursuit of bird watching has accumulated its own collection of jargon, slang,...

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