Trying not to inhale so much of the dust cloud that envelops us, I am sporting a bandana tied bank-robber style. A winding track...

Monarchs. They’re practically honorary birds – beloved, much written about, rather visible and charismatic in their stripey larval form and spectacularly so as vivid...

I don’t know if you have ever tried to bird with a cold, but it’s not easy. All your senses are dulled, which makes...

Birders of the 21st century have it good, especially those of us who speak and read English. We can bird all over the world,...

First let me put forward my credentials for writing about butterflies. This is the second time that I have been butterfly watching and…..well, actually,...

Butterflies are often beautiful.  Flowers are often beautiful.  When both are together, as often happens, the level of beauty increases exponentially through some form...

After each of my recent visits to the Fort Tilden hawkwatch platform I have paid a visit to the very busy butterfly bush near...

Long have I heard the members of the New York City Butterfly Club extol the virtues of Floyd Bennett Field in terms of the...