Birds

On a walk around Baisley Pond Park’s eponymous pond in Queens recently I heard a Gray Squirrel chittering away angrily…

Shorebirds (in Europe: waders) must be an acquired birding taste. No one starts birding dreaming of drab-coloured, unobtrusive and, far…

Over the last couple of weeks Fish Crows have flooded back into New York City, early harbingers of spring, and…

I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2019 this morning at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Actually, I saw my first five…

Some five years ago I was involved in a project of ecotourism evaluation of the river Danube in Serbia, which…

Falconry Month at Birds and Booze: I’ve decided to dedicate this month of March 2019 to wines and beers related…

Edit: Unfortunately, the hawk’s frostbite went deeper than previously thought, and the bird had to be euthanized. However, I’m grateful…

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

What qualifies a bird to be included in the top-5? My first criterion was that I observed it only once…

Of all the ducks in the world scaup are the worst. They are unattractive, ubiquitous, and uninteresting. Whether they are…