Last Sunday Grant was able to leave work in the afternoon and I had researched options of places we could get to within one...

North of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens is a middle class neighborhood, predominantly Italian-American, known as Howard Beach. Named for William J. Howard,...

The 19-teens were not a good time for North American birdlife. Not more than four years following the final breath of the last living...

Islands, with their high levels of endemism and specialization, are particularly fragile and vulnerable to human activity. The species that manage to colonize these islands...

On our trip to New South Wales in June we took the opportunity to return to one of the picturesque bush walks that is...

Parrots captivate me more than any other bird family. I am a self-proclaimed psittacophile. For one, they are remarkably diverse with a little over...

Once again we have decided to head somewhere cold and not because we enjoy the cold, but because some birds like the cold and...

It is always an interesting exercise to make a list of birds that you see in one day. It is amazing how a common...