It is summer and I live in Queens. That means it is time to look for shorebirds on the East Pond of Jamaica Bay....

Nothing makes me happier in the midst of spring migration than spending some quality time at the Forest Park waterhole watching a variety of...

In New York, by the third weekend in April one expects to be awash in wood-warblers, overwhelmed by orioles, and generally boggled by birds...

I got out of the car early Sunday morning, walked to the boardwalk, and down a path to the beach. A scan to my...

It was almost a month ago that I wondered how many species of ducks, geese, and swans could be found in my home borough...

This past Sunday I led a birding outing in Queens for New York City Audubon. The focus of the trip was ducks and we...

Late Saturday afternoon a Tundra Swan was reported from the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. A regional rarity...

On January first my year list, just like every other birder’s year list, reverted to zero. Every single species, even the European Starlings above,...