“This beautiful and singular bird, although a constant resident in the southern extremities of the peninsula of Florida, seldom extends its journeys in an...

It’s often said that the native wild grape varieties of the New World– of the species Vitis riparia, Vitis labrusca, Vitis aestivalis, and Vitis...

On Sunday, 5 June, word of Jay McGowan finding a Gargeney at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in western New York State hit the listservs....

Was it Samuel Taylor Coleridge who famously wrote, “Birds, birds everywhere but not a one worth a @#*$” or was it just me? I’m...

Migration this spring has been more of a tease than a treat for me. That magical avian wave that sets the treetops swarming with...

One of the highlights of my recent trip to Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge was long, loving looks at the rodent most associated with the...

For months, I’ve been looking forward to making a trip to Montezuma NWR. This New York birding hotspot, conveniently located (for me, but YMMV)...

Though Mike has already put up a post about our Montezuma Muckrace experience so much happened during the loooong day of birding that there...