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On Tuesday morning, after being a New York-based birder for five years and several months, I finally saw a Yellow-breasted…

It was in September of last year, ten months ago, that I last wrote a post specifically dedicated to my…

On a recent lunch break spent birding in Central Park rumors of both an early Blue-winged Warbler and an Al…

If one were to draw a distinction between birders and bird watchers — and I don’t necessarily agree that such…

As is my wont at year end, it’s time to ruminate on my previous 52 weeks of avian observation (as…

According to eBird my life list in Queens County, New York, which is geographically identical to the Borough of Queens,…

We received a rather interesting question from a reader recently that frankly left us at a loss. This one isn’t…

When it’s a Piranga species tanager, obviously. Have you heard the news? The Fiftieth Supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union…

While we love blathering on about life list around here, one that I wrote about last week was all about…

I’ve finally done it!  More than a year and a half since my first foray into international birding I finally…