My birding efforts for 2026 officially began up on the roof of my Astoria apartment during a predawn snow squall on New Year’s Day, straining … Read More
2025 Top 10 Birds
The arrival of 2026 is close at hand, which means that it is time once again to review the most noteworthy birding observations of the … Read More
Phylloscopusomenon – Arctic Warbler at Randall’s Island
Anticipation levels were running high when dawn broke over Randall’s Island on the morning of Saturday, September 27th. With much of the preceding week beset … Read More
A Most Spectacular Season: Spring 2025 Highlights
Spring migration is perhaps the most anticipated event of the birding year. Though other seasons offer their own charms, little can compare to the unbridled … Read More
Canyons and Condors: a Southwest Interlude
The Healy family just got a little bit bigger and a lot more awesome! Earlier this month, we gathered together in the scenic deserts of … Read More
The Slow Start of Spring
In southern New York, it often seems like winter ends long before spring begins. I am personally a big fan of birding and spending time … Read More
2025: First Impressions
The start of each new year represents a fresh slate of unknown opportunities, a whole new seasonal cycle to be celebrated and explored. There is … Read More
October Odds and Ends
In the northeastern United States, October typically features some the greatest diversity and most impressive numbers of the entire fall migration season. This is a … Read More
Making the Most of May
May is far and away the busiest month in the birding world here in the Northeast. The condensed timeline of northward spring migration, with birds … Read More
Short-Lived Celebrities: How to Make Our City Safer for Wildlife
The now world-famous Eurasian Eagle-Owl known as Flaco has died. Released from his enclosure at the Central Park Zoo by unidentified vandals in early February … Read More