All of a sudden, migration is on the wane. The unofficial beginning of summer happens to coincide with the end of spring migration. Funny...

House Sparrows live in Detroit Metro Airport’s McNamara Terminal, and the airport wants them gone. “They’ve tried nets, humane traps, even bird birth control,...

Of all the multifarious daunting tasks that go into starting a blog, few are as fraught with peril as choosing a name. The figurative...

Normally when Wilson’s Phalaropes Phalaropus tricolor stop by at Jamaica Bay they are on their fall migration and have already lost their breeding finery...

Extinct is forever.  I wish that no other bird would ever join the list but the sad thing is that several probably already have. ...

Hey, Pennsylvanians, stop coming to New York City and stealing our pigeons for your sadistic pleasure.  You sick bastards…

The American Birding Association has a great blog running that follows the impact of the horrific gulf coast oil spill on wildlife, especially birds. ...

This past Saturday morning was spent birding at Jamaica Bay with Carrie Laben, and a fine time we had, though, perhaps, my expectations for...