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
Marvels of Migration
With the recent arrival of the autumnal equinox, one of the most memorable summers of my life has finally come to a close. My own … Read More
The Most Exciting Month of My Life
A birder’s life is tethered especially tightly to the annual cycle of the seasons. As a result, each turn of a calendar page feels like … Read More
Vernal Variety Show
The seasonal shift from late winter to early spring is always a bit of an awkward transitional period. The weather slowly lurches towards warmer averages … 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
Welcome, 2024!
The first few weeks of a new year are always an exciting time in the world of a birder. For those of us who enjoy … Read More
Black-chinned Hummingbird at Randall’s Island: the Community Discovery of a State First
At its core, birding is a collaborative effort. The most basic fundamentals of the pastime, such as strategies for identification and understandings of ecology and … Read More
Life Offshore
There are few forms of birding that I find as captivating as pelagic trips. The ocean and its myriad inhabitants have long held sway over … Read More
A Season of New Beginnings
With the halfway point of 2023 fast approaching, it’s safe to say that this has been a remarkable year so far! The transition from the … Read More