Most birders of my acquaintance are also broader naturalists. They note butterflies, dragonflies, herps; they understand at least a...

As I bird, walk the dog or run errands, puffs of white float down on the breeze. Up on...

Erika Zambello is a self-proclaimed ‘new birder,’ still equally excited by Robins, Blue Jays, Mergansers, and Flamingos alike. She has...

It’s that time of year again. Sidewalks are speckled, cars are spattered. Flocks of Cedar Waxwings are buzzing everywhere,...

Although the only pine forests found in New Zealand are recent plantations of Northern Hemisphere Pinus species like the...

The absurdly strong storm system that moved through New York City on Thursday evening left a swath of destruction...

I’ve been on record for years as endorsing David Allen Sibley’s masterwork, The Sibley Guide to Birds as the...

Folks might remember that last year I did what I grandly called an Anti-Global Warming Big Year, the idea...