waterfowl

After being “officially” closed during the government shutdown, Florida’s Gulf Islands National Seashore didn’t look too worse for wear when…

There are few places in Queens that I like birding in winter more than Baisley Pond Park. When I go…

I hope everyone participated in at least one day of the four day Great Backyard Bird Count of 2018. I…

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…

Jason A. Crotty is a birder and lawyer living in Portland, Oregon who has shared thoughtful, in-depth conservation pieces with 10,000 Birds…

Everyone knows what a male Mallard looks like. The drake of this extremely common, sexually dimorphic species (Anas platyrhynchos) cuts a…

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof” Carl Sagan   The ABA checklist committee has recently added the Egyptian Goose to the…

The Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) is not that common in California except along the coast, so I was pretty excited to…

Baisley Pond Park in southern Queens is a spot that few birders venture to despite it being a magnet for…