My trip upstate this past weekend was about more than family, food, and feathers (though all three of those things figured heavily).  Somehow we...

Pity the poor damselfly.  Damselflies make up the practically-ignored suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata and are overshadowed by their flashier evolutionary cousins of...

The Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge actually spans two states, New York and New Jersey, and has a host of species that call it...

Sterling Forest State Park in Orange County, NY, is well-known for its breeding population of Golden-winged Warblers, to say nothing of the yearly Renaissance...

I spent a great day on Saturday, 29 May, visiting a variety of parks in Orange County and Rockland County in downstate New York...

Reserva Mangaloma in Ecuador isn’t just amazing for avifauna, but is absolutely burgeoning with amazing butterflies. From the foothills to the highlands, we were...

I am so excited about the announcement of Ted C. MacRae‘s new beetle-based blog carnival,  An Inordinate Fondness that I delved into the vault for a...

I’ve raved about the birds (and beaches) of Jamaica, even highlighting the island’s lovely lizards, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention how...