On Tuesday morning, after being a New York-based birder for five years and several months, I finally saw a Yellow-breasted Chat in New York...

The buzz on birding listservs is that the northeastern United States might be in for the best night flight of migrating birds in, well,...

A week or so ago I was sent an email by a reader named Jimer asking if I’d like to see some photos of...

Not surprisingly, but interestingly, the lice living on a bird match the colors of the bird’s feathers.  Darker birds get darker lice and lighter...

This past weekend was another upstate weekend, and one couldn’t have created a more beautiful Labor Day weekend if one had a weather machine...

Here in the United States, we celebrate our labors by taking a break from them, at least for a long weekend. Any longer than...

Pity the poor mockingbird.  They are despised for singing all night, chided for being a bully at the feeders, and killed in the title...

I somehow think that this quiz will not be diabolical enough.  Or maybe it will be too diabolical.  I tend to misjudge these things,...