Here are some of the things I learned reading Birds in Winter:  Birds who store food in advance of winter (corvids, tits, and nuthatches)...

I remember studying the map of countries participating in the international mid-winter waterbird census, where the USA wasn’t marked. How can it be, I...

2018 is about to end. Checking my annual list, I am where I usually am at this time of year: several species short of...

Though temperatures have rebounded from the nadir and were temporarily above freezing here in New York City, the mercury has plummeted again and long...

The entire world, it seemed, was buried under two feet of snow. I was checking weather forecasts for days looking for a window of...

Few things can spell out “winter birding” as poetically as the sighting of a rare northern owl that has more or less unexpectedly found its...

Jones Beach State Park in Nassau County, New York, is a great place to bird at all seasons. In winter, especially with the kind...

I’ve mentioned before the odd melancholy that comes from seeing extraordinary birds while knowing that the extraordinary circumstances that brought them to my local...