As this series has already shown us, ornithological nomenclature is often a game of utter nepotism. Got a buddy whose birthday you forgot? Thinking...

A friend was in Florida, and as people in Florida are wont to do, he taunted me with pictures of some good birds that...

The most recent addition to my life list is the Northwestern Crow, but its name is boring and it probably isn’t even a proper...

Last week I had the privilege of taking a group of Queens middle-schoolers birding in Forest Park as part of an after-school program. We...

I have repeatedly declared my love for the Black-throated Blue Warbler. The Cape May Warbler, which I have added to my life list just...

“So what birds have you seen lately,” people say to me when they’ve run out of other things to say and don’t mind listening...

At the request of blog management, I’m embarking on a series of posts on the names of birds. Since we’ve covered some generalities already,...

Everyone, the Painted Bunting needs your help. There’s a new proposal before the American Ornithologists’ Union’s North American Classification Committee to split Painted Bunting...