After our successful search for Sandhill Cranes and various shorebirds at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, Will, Zack and I headed east, hoping to find...

The early bird gets the worm and the early birder gets the birds. Once again awakening before dawn this morning, I met Zack in...

When a Curlew Sandpiper, a European species of shorebird I have never seen, was reported from Jamaica Bay last weekend I really wanted to...

Florida, land of limpkins, oasis of anhingas, gathering place of gallinules, offers some of the most distinctive birding in the United States. Not only...

I had an unexpected opportunity to torture myself some more today when my job (you know, the thing you do between birding expeditions) required...

For millions of Americans, July conjures visions of beach parties and BBQs, but for me and mine, this month means only one thing: the...

Even after unparalleled birding in Bolsa Chica and San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, Amy and I chose to press on. We eschewed further coastal wetlands...

After an outstanding circuit of San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, the intrepid Amy Hooper introduced me to the manifold wonders of the Bolsa Chica Ecological...