Looking for birds means we go where the birds are. Every once in a while, when it gets quiet, I look around and marvel...

On Friday night Seth Ausubel, my frequent birding buddy, and I discussed our birding options for Saturday morning. A pretty major front was supposed...

The last time I saw a Mississippi Kite was way up in Root, New York, back in 2009. There was a pair that were...

Forest once covered much of the Atherton Tableland, but while much of that was cleared to create agricultural land some important parts remain. It...

In early May, I reluctantly accepted my parental obligation to bring my children to Orlando, Florida. The Disney mystique hasn’t entranced my brood the...

For most Canadians the Victoria Day (or May) long weekend heralds the start of summer. Everywhere people gather up the water skis and bathing...

Broad-winged Hawks are one of the most abundant northbound migrants at Swainson’s Hawk Bird Observatory, often with over 100,000 (and sometimes many more) being...

The southwestern most part of Queens, at the end of the Rockaway Peninsula, is Breezy Point. The small community out there is lucky to...