Yesterday morning I was out and about on the coast of Queens looking for migrating birds. At Jacob Riis Park I stopped to scan...

Did you ever get a message in a bottle? Completely meaningless gibberish from an entirely unknown guy (from my experience, it’s always a guy,...

Erika is a first year graduate student studying Ecosystem Science and Conservation at Duke. In her free time she travels near and far to...

This migration season in Florida is fast coming to a close but it has not been without its high points. The Florida Keys Hawk-watch...

I was under the impression that bird banding or ringing was universally appreciated as a valuable instrument in the ornithological arsenal.  Apparently, not everyone...

I’ve been learning to band birds at the South Florida Bird Observatory. Nothing like a little bit of mist-net extracting to make you feel...

I’m not a big fan of bird banding. When I see a band I imagine something slipping beneath it and trapping the bird, I’ve...