A couple of weeks ago, I complained about my rotten owl luck. Since this dismal situation was clearly not going to improve on its...

Some folks are lucky in love, never wanting for true companionship or at least a date on a Saturday night. Others are lucky in...

One of the abundant benefits to keeping a nature journal, whether a blog or a book, is the opportunity to analyze species counts at...

2006 was a very good year for me. After all, this was the year my incredible daughter, Ivy was born, the year my magnificent...

My first bird sighting of the new year was a raucous murder of crows, which might have seemed ominous were it not so commonplace....

Today was the Bronx/Westchester Christmas Bird Count. Although I participate in the West Bronx CBC every year, the confluence of family, professional, and social...

The part of the NYC Metro area that I feel most at home in, basically western portions of the Bronx and most of Westchester...

In my last post, I waxed sentimental about my 300th, not to mention 301st, addition to my 2006 year list. And yet, I failed...