Barbets are odd, chunky birds with large beaks. There’s so much more that can be said about this group of birds but that’s the...

When a Pacific Loon was found last weekend in Nassau County, by the marina in Oyster Bay, I was indifferent. After all, I saw...

Recently, I moved to a new place in Costa Rica. As is usual for a birder moving to a new place, I couldn’t wait...

After being “officially” closed during the government shutdown, Florida’s Gulf Islands National Seashore didn’t look too worse for wear when my husband and I...

There are few places in Queens that I like birding in winter more than Baisley Pond Park. When I go to Baisley, which is...

A new year begins and last year’s bird list gets archived. It’s a fresh start, a time when we can start counting once again...

For nearly 10 days now, I have been sorting thru all of the images from 2018. This is a daunting task in any normal...

When reports of an extremely cooperative Thick-billed Murre at Shinnecock Inlet starting coming in early last week I resigned myself to living vicariously through...