A pelican is always a good bird to see in New York State. Both American White Pelicans and Brown Pelicans are rare but regular,...

Before Saturday I had never seen a Pacific Loon in New York State. In fact, I had only ever seen a Pacific Loon four...

There is no better place to find grasspipers in New York State than the sod farms on eastern Long Island in autumn. Buff-breasted Sandpipers,...

Saturday was set aside for birding. Redgannet was in town and had all day to get out looking for birds so I had booked...

What is there to say about a Mountain Bluebird, a bird of the west, of high elevation grasslands, of the Rocky Mountains, in New...

In December in the northeastern United States you expect snow.  In New York City so far this year we have only had a dusting...

Autumn is a season of transitions and migrations, a slow descent from summer’s heat to winter’s cold. Sometimes blustery and rainy, sometimes warm and...

Black Skimmers are another of those birds, like White-breasted Nuthatches, that people can’t help but like.  They have awesome bills that slice through the...