I’m not a big fan of working hard to separate birds. This isn’t just because I’m lazy. That’s part of it, for sure, and...

I recently had a discussion with birding friends about the importance of a birding mentor when you’re starting–especially when you are kid. I never...

Like all birders who would call themselves “experienced”, I have to occasionally pretend like I know what’s going on with molt. And I’m not...

For some reason I could not pin an identity to this bird in the field today at Kissena Corridor Park in Queens, despite having...

Fork-tailed Flycatcher is a vagrant that ABA Area birders unashamedly lust for. This bird was photographed a few years ago in Connecticut, by Corey...

I’ve written before about the two near identical plovers that breed here in Arctic Bay, The Semipalmated Plover and the Common Ringed Plover. I...

If you have been birding for any length of time, you will almost certainly have built up a fine collection of field guides. To...

I spent some quality time recently with a flock of Semipalmated Sandpipers at Big Egg Marsh in my home borough of Queens, the same...