There is GISS and there is Birding by Impression and they are not the same.  GISS—general impression, size, shape—is intuitive, the result of an...

No doubt that one of the fun parts of birding is being able to identify birds in the field. Getting to a point where...

Two weeks after finding a Say’s Phoebe at Edgemere Landfill in the company of my family I convinced them to return to Edgemere yesterday afternoon for...

[The Mute Swan, pictured above, is amongst the heaviest birds capable of flight and therefore a fine introduction to this post. Other than that,...

I was spending the morning this past Sunday checking out some random, out-of-the-way spots in Queens to see if any cool birds were hanging...

Sorting through flocks of fall sparrows is fun and can be rewarding. You never know what might be hiding amid the hordes of White-throated...

A friend of mine, who is preparing for a birding trip to the Amazon Rainforest, called me to tell me he is about to...

Specialization may be the trend in business, science, and academia, but birds who wish to succeed in tomorrow’s demanding environment should not specialize, but...