Before arriving in the town of Copan Ruinas, Honduras, on February 27, 2009, I had only ever heard Inca...

Queens, NY, March 2010 For some reason, maybe because of the heroic effort I have made of late to...

Now is the time to take one last look at the birds that have gotten us through the winter....

Flushing Meadows Corona Park, March 2010 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus is a much-maligned and persecuted creature.  Like cormorants and...

Nassau County, New York, March 2009 After having fully explored the trail around the West Pond at Jamaica Bay,...

Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge, March 2009 It was at about 1:30 AM on Saturday morning that I startled...

Sometimes a species just stops you in your tracks.  So it was with a superlative, breeding-plumaged, male Scarlet Tanager...

I am always intrigued by the multitude of opinions out there on various birding subjects, but lately none more...