I am a birder living in the epicenter of the epicenter of COVID-19 right now. New York City is the hottest of hot spots,...

Over the last couple of weeks Fish Crows have flooded back into New York City, early harbingers of spring, and those that stuck around...

I took advantage of Indigenous Peoples Day today to get some birding across Queens done. On my voyage of discovery I hit quite a...

Stick birds. Rock birds. Plastic bag birds. Leaf birds. Stump birds. Branch birds. Snow birds. Lump birds. Pipe birds. Plastic birds. Every birder has...

My Christmas Bird Count scouting went well this weekend in terms of finding some decent lingering birds but it was lousy in terms of...

Back on Friday, 12 February, I was dismayed when I read the weekly New York City Rare Bird Alert email. You see, someone had...

Pigeons get no respect. More reviled than perhaps any other species for the mess they make, their copious poop, and their general ubiquity, they...

We here in New York City (and in much of the northeastern United States) are dealing with a pretty major cold snap for late...