Another year, another Mikemas. We spent the weekend celebrating my 36th birthday, which was Saturday. The festivities included brunch...

Sara and I awoke to a gray, drizzling Easter morning determined to cram as much sightseeing as possible in...

Bainbridge Island is just a short ferry ride across the Puget Sound from downtown Seattle. Though the island, considered...

Feeling thoroughly refreshed well before sunrise, an unhappy but not unexpected result of the time difference between the East...

Sara and I have both jointly and independently criss-crossed this majestic country of ours, but neither of us had...

Long Island is absolutely magnificent for winter waterfowl; don’t let anybody tell you different. If you want to pick...

What a difference a week makes! Last weekend, we visited Croton Point Park in search of both of Rough-legged...

The New York birderati have been buzzing lately about the spectacular avian activity at Croton Point Park in northern...