My family and I spent last week in Cape Cod, enjoying a last summer getaway in a summer where getaway options have been extremely...

It is summer and I live in Queens. That means it is time to look for shorebirds on the East Pond of Jamaica Bay....

Late Saturday afternoon a Tundra Swan was reported from the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. A regional rarity...

The dog days of July, when birders desperately seek out south-bound shorebirds, odd breeding records, or anything else to keep themselves from losing their...

I’ve lived in Queens for eight years now and have visited Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge over one hundred times while I’ve been here. Every...

It is not every day that you get the chance to see a hummingbird’s nest. And it is even less frequent in New York...

Late morning this past Thursday, 27 August, I was on the East Pond of Jamaica Bay. I was only there because I had worked...

It being mid-August in New York City there is one place where I have to be as often as I can. That place is...