The long-awaited Third New York Breeding Bird Atlas officially kicked off at the start of 2020. Last year, for obvious reasons, it was difficult to … Read More
The Season So Far: Fall 2020 Highlights
Each of the four seasons has something special to offer the birding world. I will always cherish the lively color and music of spring when … Read More
Apartment Birding and Fire Escapism
When I first moved into my Astoria apartment in early December, I immediately began keeping a “yard list” of birds seen around my new home. … Read More
Santa Rosa Tour 3 Update: Part Two, March 14-17
Wow, does time fly by when you are on an eight day on, six day off schedule (this schedule is possibly the secret to life). … Read More
Another awesome day of spring birding!
As day after day and night after night of north winds blew through the Northeast, birds were being held back – unable to smoothly migrate … Read More
Spring Migration Predictions – Second Half of March
If you’ve been out birding recently, you’ll know that there are signs of spring everywhere you look – especially if you are looking at birds! … Read More
Glaucous Gull – Huguenot Memorial City Park, Florida
Anna and I are slowly making our way towards Gainesville, Florida where Anna is starting a job soon. Today we stopped at Huguenot Memorial City … Read More
BESP – Red-necked Grebe, etc
This morning Drew Weber, Josh Lefever, Nadia Barkawi, and I drove out to Bald Eagle State Park to see if any of the waterfowl Drew … Read More
Jo Hays Vista – Big Osprey Flight!
Today up at Jo Hays Chuck Widdman, Chet Gottfried, and IÂ dealt with on-and-off rain showers and heavy fog cover to try and catch some of … Read More
Jo Hays Vista – September 2011 Report
Coming into September with only 100 raptors, the other primary Jo Hays hawkwatchers and I were ready to see things heat up. We put in … Read More