This is dedicated to “Daddy” who sadly slipped away from us in the evening of November 27th. He will...

This month’s list has been collated backwards from most recent sightings instead of taxanomical order to improve the list...

They call it a shell pit because of the vast array of fossilized mollusks who once lived and died...

If all that turkey talk last week didn’t tip you off, the holiday season is upon us. Don’t worry;...

“Good fences make good neighbors,” wrote poet Robert Frost. While his poem was about the dubious nature of boundaries...

I have always considered the American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, one of the most elegant waders that we see here...

After spending the first three days of the long Thanksgiving weekend in my hometown of Saugerties I decided I...

As the long Thanksgiving weekend ends (at least around here) and an excess of conspicuous consumerism ensues, we’ll all...