My recent move from Nassau to Queens was one of the final big events in a very eventful 2019. A few months out, I’d consider … Read More
New Year Birding
Year listing is one of the most popular traditions in the world of birding. The annual cycle of seasons is felt especially strongly by those … Read More
Northeast Goose Finding Tactics
With the Delaware Goose-a-palooza 2016 coming up this weekend, we’ve put together a short summary of the Northeast’s common and unusual goose species and also a few helpful … Read More
4 Tips for finding uncommon geese
Ah, it’s that time of year, the time when geese congregate in fields hoping a birder will come pick through them. Looking at geese can … Read More
Barnacle Geese – Weir Lake, Monroe County, PA
It’s not often that Barnacle Geese show up in Pennsylvania, in fact there have been less than 20 instances of this beautiful goose in the … Read More
Barnacle Goose in Delaware
Alan Kneidel and I found a Barnacle Goose along Rt. 9 in New Castle County, Delaware this afternoon. The bird was at the intersection of … Read More
Frustrating Goose Chase
On January 18th Justin Bosler, Chuck Berthoud, Josh Lefever, and I literally went on a wild goose chase. There were reliable reports of a Pink-footed … Read More
Last minute duck luck on Long Island, New York
Ian Gardner, Josh Lefever, and I camped in my SUV on the night of November 16th. We parked the car near Alley Pond Park, with … Read More
Rarity Round-Up: A Four Day Birding Adventure
Click on links throughout this post to see our full eBird checklists and more photos for the locations mentioned! Last week I was sitting around … Read More
Barnacle Goose – Chester River, MD
Last week Dan Small found a lone Barnacle Goose mixed in with hundreds of Canada Geese along the Chester River in Maryland. My friends and … Read More