Now that the Core Team May warbler census (a colorful way to say that we did a lot of birding this month) has concluded,...

The sinuous, elegant image of a Great Egret echoed on the placid surface of the Spuyten Duyvil calls to mind the following quote by...

Grackles are intimidating birds, there’s no denying it. With their dagger beaks, sinister strut, and evil yellow glare, they often seem as if they’d...

When the Core Team went birding this past weekend, we weren’t just looking for warblers. Rumor had it that sparrows beyond the typical House...

The world is surely an odd place. Every day is thick with tales of woe and madness, a glut of spin and sin that...

The taxonomic practice of speciation must be more art than science. After all, there are at least six distinct and recognizable populations of Dark-eyed...

When it comes to the number of existing bird species, the math tends towards subtraction rather than addition. The most recent tale of extinction...

It’s been known for some time that birds are descended from dinosaurs, with Archaeopteryx representing one strong link between avians and antiquity. However, researchers...