There is nothing more cruel to a birder than being at work when the report of a rarity flashes across the listservs.  Such was...

Now that July 4th has passed, is it too soon to observe that summer will be over before we know it? I love summer...

On the rare occasion that I have a car in my possession I want to take advantage of my new-found mobility every single moment. ...

Do you love your birds of summer? I sure hope so because they’ll be hanging around your neighborhood for a while yet. One sure way...

On one of my recent visits to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge I was fortunate enough to come across a cooperative Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax...

The first time I birded in Queens was 28 September 2005, when I had been birding for about four months.  On that day I...

Many birders are men and many men are fathers. Consequently, I feel justified in issuing a blanket belated Father’s Day greeting. Whatever your paternal...

We had agreed that our Queens Big Day, after lasting all day and encompassing many great birds, would finish where it started, within the...