There are few families of birds as bewitching as the birds-of-paradise. They are feathered jewels with extraordinary breeding dances almost unrivalled in the bird world. They have...
I spent some quality time recently with a flock of Semipalmated Sandpipers at Big Egg Marsh in my home borough of Queens, the same...
Birding’s Holy Grails. They lurk ever-present in our sub-concious as sacred items on an unobtainable, yet highly desirable, list. We pour over photographs, read...
So, it is now officially winter! After several weeks of temperatures dropping to 10c (50f) we really feel like we are experiencing Winter here...
When I worked for a wild bird specialty store, I was always baffled by the question from customers in spring, “When do I take...
Tyrannus tyrannus, better known as the Eastern Kingbird, is truly the King of Kings. Or, as you could choose to translate from the Latin...
It has been cold and it has been windy! This may well seem an odd statement from the tropics, but it is true. When...
Anna’s Hummingbird is resident in California, up through Oregon and into Washington and during the colder months will certainly be the most frequently seen hummer in the...
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