Sometimes I feel like I lived a charmed life.  On Saturday, which is not my actual birthday but is...

When competing in a birding competition a team of birders will undoubtedly experience blissful highs whenever a new bird,...

For the last two days our ‘Parrot Month’ theme has been looking at the Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus (and...

Pity the poor bird who fails to fly south as its comrades take wing. Lack of foresight has been...

The birding south of the U.S. border and north of the equator is always exceptional. This February, the mind-boggling...

Late yesterday morning I was in the home stretch of my favorite birding routine in Queens, which is taking...

Saturday was a day for birding.  I’ve already shared my experience with the cooperative Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, but that was...

To the consummate birder, travel equals opportunity. Any trip, be it for business, pleasure, or obligation, opens the door...