Birds and Booze

Brewery Ommegang of Cooperstown, New York has long been one of my favorite breweries. Over the past two decades –…

One of the first things most people think of when they think of Trinidad – perhaps after steel drums and…

In North American birding this week, excitement over what might forever be known as “The Checklist” – a stupefying spring…

Tomorrow I’m taking part in my local club’s official Big Day event – the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club’s 73rd Annual Guy…

We had a dusting of snow here at the end of April in Albany, New York – and two days…

It’s hard to believe that here in the northeastern United States, we’re only two or three weeks away from the…

The northeast United States has been enduring what has seemed like an eternal winter this year, with day after day…

It was with a mix and horror and skepticism that I first read about the unholy marriage of Peeps and…

Yes, I know: I went out of my way to avoid the predictable Guinness review before Saint Patrick’s Day last…

Tomorrow is Saint Patrick’s Day, a holiday that offers plenty of excuses for drinking, but few prospects for straying from…