My good friend Eran just returned from a visit to Israel. Eran belongs to that surprisingly large segment of the population that looks on...

Yesterday, April 9, was my birthday, an occasion that allotted me an array of indulgences, from Pecan-Raisin French Toast for breakfast (with real maple...

Sara and I realized our interest in birding just three scant years ago, and what a time it’s been. We have, as regular readers...

The last time I visited Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Basking Ridge, NJ, mere days after I started this site, I stated that...

Apart from the first frenzied hours of my arrival in Oakland, birding was restricted primarily to those species eking out a living in my...

Yesterday, I described the excitement of landing in Oakland and birding Arrowhead Marsh. By the time I finished there, checked into my hotel, and...

Business has brought me to California this week and I’ve got to say, flying into Oakland is pretty sweet. Not only is the airport...

For some people, the idea of waking up before dawn to board a boat plying icy winter waters for distant views of ambiguous seabirds...