I spent some quality time recently with a flock of Semipalmated Sandpipers at Big Egg Marsh in my home borough of Queens, the same...

It has been cold and it has been windy! This may well seem an odd statement from the tropics, but it is true. When...

Now that landbird migration is largely done here in the northeastern United States we birders have to have something on which to focus our...

The southwestern most part of Queens, at the end of the Rockaway Peninsula, is Breezy Point. The small community out there is lucky to...

The Black-fronted Dotterel is a small distinctive shorebird that is usually found near fresh water and is often heard before it is seen. It...

Spotted Sandpipers are cool little birds, easily identified by a host of field marks and behaviors. Their stiff-winged flight is a great way to...

Well, what is odd about this picture? It was taken in Paramus, New Jersey, at Van Saun Park earlier today. Spotted Sandpiper Actitus macularia...

Are you or do you know someone who is currently anywhere between the north of Australia and the Bohai Sea in China? Have you...