butterflies

I don’t know if you have ever tried to bird with a cold, but it’s not easy. All your senses…

Birders of the 21st century have it good, especially those of us who speak and read English. We can bird…

First let me put forward my credentials for writing about butterflies. This is the second time that I have been…

Butterflies are often beautiful.  Flowers are often beautiful.  When both are together, as often happens, the level of beauty increases…

After each of my recent visits to the Fort Tilden hawkwatch platform I have paid a visit to the very…

Long have I heard the members of the New York City Butterfly Club extol the virtues of Floyd Bennett Field…

My trip upstate this past weekend was about more than family, food, and feathers (though all three of those things…

Sterling Forest State Park in Orange County, NY, is well-known for its breeding population of Golden-winged Warblers, to say nothing…

I spent a great day on Saturday, 29 May, visiting a variety of parks in Orange County and Rockland County…

Reserva Mangaloma in Ecuador isn’t just amazing for avifauna, but is absolutely burgeoning with amazing butterflies. From the foothills to…