There is a perversity in going after shorebirds at the peak of spring migration, that point in time when virtually any American songbird imaginable...

Spring migration is sublime, like the fragrance of exotic blossoms, like the promise of health to one who has ailed for a long time....

the only picture you get today…sometimes just looking at the birds is better than trying to photograph them Will Raup and I decided we...

A beautiful spring day began in Woodside, Queens, with coffee, a shower, a drive to Flushing to drop off Daisy at the library (haha,...

Garret Mountain Reservation in West Paterson, NJ has a reputation as a phenomenal site to observe waves of colorful migrants. Patrick of The Hawk...

In a civilized world, one needn’t strictly segregate business and pleasure. While I am all business when I’m in the office, it helps that...

This morning in a pea-soup fog I drove up to the Saratoga National Cemetery before work in the hopes of tracking down Vesper Sparrows....

For some reason, even though I had already birded before work, after work yesterday I raced to Black Creek Marsh to meet Will and...