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...

Patrick of The Hawk Owl’s Nest and I met up this weekend for a spot of winter birding at the incomparable Jamaica Bay Wildlife...

(with thanks to Rurality for inspiring this title) November in Potter County, PA is usually a sodden, grim affair, replete with blistering cold and...

Found myself at Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers this weekend. Actually, I was there twice, as Mason loved the park, especially the small waterfall,...

The warm weather this weekend put me in the mood to go birding. The sleek Sharp-shinned Hawk that flew over my building motivated me...