Everyone probably knows the story of how the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) came to the shores of America during the 19th century, but for...

The Department of Conservation in New Zealand is giving you, yes you, the chance to spend two days and one night raising Kakapo chicks!...

There are few families of birds as bewitching as the birds-of-paradise. They are feathered jewels with extraordinary breeding dances almost unrivalled  in the bird world. They have...

I spent some quality time recently with a flock of Semipalmated Sandpipers at Big Egg Marsh in my home borough of Queens, the same...

Rik Davis was a legend. And he touched and inspired more people than many of us will ever meet. I did not know Rik...

Tired of hearing the term YOLO (You only live once) substituted for carpe diem? Like owls? Then this just might be the shirt for...

Birding’s Holy Grails. They lurk ever-present in our sub-concious as sacred items on an unobtainable, yet highly desirable, list. We pour over photographs, read...

I have a feeling that this summer is going to be weird. How else to interpret the sudden arrival of April showers (and temperatures)...