Reports of the first Eastern Phoebes of spring have been popping up all over New York and this weekend, I decided I was going...

The federal government just announced its strategic, five-point plan to detect the invasion of H5N1 avian influenza on American soil, first and foremost our...

If you’ve made it through winter in the company of a bevy of backyard birds, you’ll appreciate this next observation on avian identification. Seed-eaters...

The weather has been bitter lately and, frankly, I’m not in the mood for it. As a result, I stayed close to home this...

Last December, I joined a large and diverse collection of bloggers in examining how the concept of race impacts certain areas of our lives...

Alluring rumors of Pine Siskin enticed me to visit Van Cortlandt Park this weekend, but alas, just like every other time I’ve chased rarities...

The name of this humble website is based on a round number, a very round one indeed considering the shape of all those zeroes. ...

When it’s a Spindalis species tanager, obviously! Traveling these days is hardly the carefree, spontaneous, all-I-need-is-a-toothbrush-and-ten-bucks experience it used to be before I took...