Birds

While birding out at the coast of Queens this year I have noticed on several occasions a variety of birds,…

Maybe it’s because the American Coot (Fulica americana) is the most abundant and widely distributed species of rail in North America that…

Another year, another (American) Thanksgiving. Time to trot out the turkey facts! This day of thanks is, after all, known…

Yesterday morning I was out and about on the coast of Queens looking for migrating birds. At Jacob Riis Park…

Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama make up Central America. Notice that had I not used…

I took advantage of Indigenous Peoples Day today to get some birding across Queens done. On my voyage of discovery…

I  haven’t had much time to bird. After looking for different species every day for the first six months of…

There is a virtual flock of new and interesting bird science news all of the sudden, including the rediscovery of…

The Northern Hemisphere hops harvest of 2018 is well underway.*  In my own small way, I’ve been busy this week…

Below the tropic of Capricorn, the omnipresent Turdus position is filled by the Rufous-bellied Thrush. In much the same way…