This past Sunday was a hot sunny day in New York and the family and I took full advantage of it, exploring Rockefeller State...

Way back on 30 October of last year a Lewis’s Woodpecker was seen coming to a backyard bird feeder in Ontario County, New York,...

Birding at the eastern end of Long Island in the depths of winter, especially a winter like we have had in New York this...

Back in 2007 when I was doing my New York State big year I dipped on a Tufted Duck way up in the northeasternmost...

Pretty much the last thing I expected to do today was see a first state record of a wood-warbler.  You see, tomorrow I am...

Though Jones Beach State Park on the south shore of Long Island is rightfully famous for its beaches there is far more than the...

It is not every day that you get a phone call alerting you to a bird in your state that has never been in...

On Tuesday morning, after being a New York-based birder for five years and several months, I finally saw a Yellow-breasted Chat in New York...