ducks

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…