I am a birder, and I love birds. I don’t mind that they share the world with other creatures, and I have even developed an...

Are you sometimes astounded when you are out with another birder who manages to hear and identify many more birds than you? Do you...

My spark bird was the Red-tailed Hawk that lives next to Central Park, the one named Pale Male I’ve always been a little embarrassed...

In June 2012, I had the great fortune to visit Trinidad and Tobago in a group that included birder and artist Matthew Dodder. Matthew...

I spent the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in the usual post-hurricane activities—looking for storm birds, making sure my loved ones were o.k., trying to...

I’ve already written about trying my hand at iScoping through my binoculars using the Meopta MeoPix iScoping adapter and, since then, I have spent...

This here blog has contributed a great deal to the birding and technology debate and particular attention has been given to the iPhone, see...

All of the sudden we have bird multi-media everywhere. On the last day of work for the regular school year, a fellow teacher gave...