This is not a bird-related post but an  announcement that my good friend Pam has started a blog that features 19th-century personal ads and...

…or at least that what Mark Powell at Blogfish thinks. He does present a compelling, although inevitably misguided argument (did you even think about...

One of the things I miss most since I’ve been away from New York City is birding Long Island with Corey. The landmass containing...

John Clare (1793 – 1864) of England was known in his day as the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet, both for his provincial turns of phrase...

As an American birder I don’t get to see wagtails very often at all.  In fact, the only time I have been so fortunate...

If you are living in the United States please take a moment to contact your Senators and Congressperson and urge them to cosponser the...

…And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be...

Though Queens, especially Jamaica Bay, is known for the fabulous numbers and variety of shorebirds that come through in fall migration there are often...