Spotted Sandpipers are cool little birds, easily identified by a host of field marks and behaviors. Their stiff-winged flight...

This story comes from Lia Pignatelli, a rehabber with AKUSA Wildlife Rescue in Brewster, NY, who specializes in songbirds....

Here we are immersed in the fullness of May. I wonder how many recognize just how special this time...

At some point, while I was in graduate school, it became apparent that I was going to study the...

I have a really great spotting scope, an angled Swarovski 80mm HD scope with a 20 – 60 zoom...

The Australian butcherbirds are a genus (Cracticus) of striking and aggressive passerine predators, so it is hardly surprising that when they...

Few experiences birding get me more excited than adding a new bird to my Queens list. Of course, as...

The bird came first, just in case you were wondering.  Sure, the official name, and associated behavioral verb, refer...