Several seasonal specialties have been arriving in the last remaining patches of wetland at the southwest end of the cigar-shaped island of Tobago here...

I saw a redstart the other morning, my first of fall migration. If I lived in another hemisphere, I might be talking about the...

I thought we had bid farewell to Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) for the year with last week’s post, but we’ll have them back one...

On the northern birding calendar, October is a time for sparrows, cool weather, and tired fall leaves.  It’s when Orange-crowned Warblers share the Goldenrod with...

For the first 30 something years of my life, fall migration was when the warblers “sipped”, “chipped” and “seeped” in the tired, late summer...

As the cold fronts begin to sweep through the northern states ushering in a wave of seasonal change and color, South Florida becomes a...

Some days just turn out really well. On one gray, drizzly morning this week, I set out to bird my local patch in Albany,...

Nothing much tops birding in autumn. The days are crisp and cool. There are more birds in autumn than at any other time of...