There are few places in Queens that I like birding in winter more than Baisley Pond Park. When I go…
Of all the ducks in the world scaup are the worst. They are unattractive, ubiquitous, and uninteresting. Whether they are…
This just might be a birding joke as old as the hills, but it’s one I hear without fail every…
It was almost a month ago that I wondered how many species of ducks, geese, and swans could be found…
This past Sunday I led a birding outing in Queens for New York City Audubon. The focus of the trip…
There is no mistaking a Crossley ID Guide. Larger, denser with avian information than your typical field guide, a Crossley…
Having grown up in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, I made the reasonable assumption that the Black Duck…
Everyone knows what a male Mallard looks like. The drake of this extremely common, sexually dimorphic species (Anas platyrhynchos) cuts a…
I spent a few hours in the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge blind #1 last weekend and filmed the following video…
As a birder, this 72 minute documentary film about the Duck Stamp Contest didn’t accomplish what I was hoping it…
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