So I went to Staten Island, perhaps best summed up by a web comic: Now they’re just makin’ up places. It was a good...

Back in 1979 New York State birders were pleased with the first record of Mississippi Kites in the state when two visited Staten Island...

Before this morning I knew that I had never seen a Bell’s Vireo. After this morning I was sure that I had seen one....

Seth Ausubel is one of the best birders in Queens and when he is not out birding he is often in pursuit of herpetological...

Maybe Staten Island isn’t all bad. After all, I recently tracked down my first-for-New York State White-winged Dove in the forgotten borough of New...

We at 10,000 Birds have mentioned before the unpopularity of the Wild Turkeys of Staten Island.  Sadly, it seems that someone has taken the...

When I first saw the post on the New York State listserv about the Hooded Crow on Staten Island I wasn’t going to twitch...

Residents of Staten Island, the borough of New York City most New Yorkers would rather cede to New Jersey, apparently don’t like their Wild...