When competing in a birding competition a team of birders will undoubtedly experience blissful highs whenever a new bird, especially a good new bird,...

For the last two days our ‘Parrot Month’ theme has been looking at the Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus (and here), a South American species...

Pity the poor bird who fails to fly south as its comrades take wing. Lack of foresight has been the undoing of many a...

The birding south of the U.S. border and north of the equator is always exceptional. This February, the mind-boggling birding splendors of Central America...

Late yesterday morning I was in the home stretch of my favorite birding routine in Queens, which is taking two buses to Kissena Park...

Saturday was a day for birding.  I’ve already shared my experience with the cooperative Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, but that was far from the only bird...

To the consummate birder, travel equals opportunity. Any trip, be it for business, pleasure, or obligation, opens the door to the possibility of new...

This past Sunday I had made plans with Daisy to take two of our close friends, Kerry and Becky, to see the Great Horned...