Three broods, one of 11, one of 9, and one of 3, all in Congress Park in Saratoga Springs....

Will and I had a long evening’s birding yesterday without seeing anything particularly noteworthy.  You know it’s been a...

Eerie. Sinister. Unnaturally still. These are apt descriptions for those wondrous waders, the night herons. These stout birds of...

Rich Guthrie, one of the deans of Albany-area birding, posted this on the local and state listserves: Yes, out...

One thing I’ve learned about birding now that I have a few years under my belt is that it...

I’ve spent quite a few hours lately reading and paging through my recently arrived field guide, Birds of Europe....

Mockingbirds are members of the Mimidae family, a group of American passerines that also includes thrashers, tremblers, and New...

April 21 – 29 is National Wildlife Week. It’s also the span of the First Annual Blogger Bioblitz. If...