Summer doldrums getting you down? Remember that this season has far more to offer than just birds (assuming that’s something you’re into anyway.)  Butterflies,...

From the department of “Now I’ve Heard Everything” comes a story that involves snipers protecting penguins. Seriously. Granted, the snipers are there to shoot...

You might think the title of this post refers to YOUR birding adventures this weekend. Not exactly. Come back tomorrow to let us know...

It is time for yet another series of photos of a bird hanging out at a waterhole in Kazakhstan.  This time the Grey-necked Bunting...

When it’s a Piranga species tanager, obviously. Have you heard the news? The Fiftieth Supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American...

Was it Samuel Taylor Coleridge who famously wrote, “Birds, birds everywhere but not a one worth a @#*$” or was it just me? I’m...

Last year at the end of July I wrote a post about birding Jamaica Bay in which I complained about the bugs, the heat,...

All of the pictures here were taken at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge today.  Please leave your guesses as to what species are depicted in...