August weekends don’t always promise birding excitement, but the tantalizing prospect of a singular sighting always exists. Don’t ever think that the best birds...

Sliding into mid-August in New York feels like the easing into a Jacuzzi: the heat may be intense to start, but the good times...

Another month, another movement of the world’s birds from one point to the next. Learn to read the signs, and you’ll be able to...

I know that June has a poetic reputation for perfect days, but July in upstate New York may offer the ultimate summer nights. Not...

One of the abundant ancillary benefits of identifying as a birder must be the commitment to the highest quality optics possible… or, at least,...

Another weekend is in the books. With hope, this was a memorable one for you, even if the birds weren’t particularly rare. My best...

Summer felt officially “on” this weekend in many parts of the northern hemisphere. That summer generally signals a decline in local avian diversity probably...

As we close the book on the first half of one of the wildest years in recent memory, we can only hope the next...