Once again this winter the Forest Park irregulars, a devoted group of birders who spend far too much time in Forest Park, are maintaining...
A bird’s crop is an expandable “muscular pouch near the gullet or throat.” It is used to store excess food for later digestion. Essentially...
Grackles are of the Icterid family, the New World family of birds that includes blackbirds, orioles, oropendolas, meadowlarks, caciques, the Bobolink, and cowbirds. The...
I spent Saturday morning and into the early afternoon with my becoming-a-birder friend, Kerry, with whom I’ve birded before, birding in Queens and a...
Both Birdfreak and The Drinking Bird have posts up with thoughts about snipe hunts, and they claim that snipe exist! Oh, wait, what, snipe...
Preparing for a birding excursion can be tremendous fun if one actually enjoys studying field guides, trip reports, and various and sundry other resources....
This fall was surprisingly great in Queens in terms of the fall foliage. Brilliant yellows competed with rich reds for the eye’s attention and...
Jamaica is the perfect destination if you’re looking for sensational Caribbean birding. Considering the colorful nicknames bestowed upon just about every species on the...
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