Big Egg Marsh

In winter Dunlin are bland birds, the color of sand on a gray morning. Don’t get me wrong, they are…

It is hot in New York City as it should be in July. What has been unusual about the weather…

Now that passerine migration has largely wound down the attention of this New York birder has shifted to seabirds, shorebirds,…

Now that landbird migration is largely done here in the northeastern United States we birders have to have something on…

On the rare occasion that I have a car in my possession I want to take advantage of my new-found…

When one does a birding big day a host of difficulties can arise that destroy one’s chances at getting a…

Sunday was my day for birding this weekend and I had an ambitious plan to wake up very early, get…

Though Queens, especially Jamaica Bay, is known for the fabulous numbers and variety of shorebirds that come through in fall…

This past weekend was so full of birding excursions and great birds that I am having a very difficult time…

Rather than reliving the rather boring experience of not finding an Orange-crowned Warbler at Alley Pond Park I figured I…