From the Backyard - Wordless Wednesday...

A day of birding in Long Island NY turns into a Tern fest…

I called Cory Finger of 10000birds , on Friday and asked him if he was interested in making a trip to Cupsogue in West Hampton Long Island, ...

The watch is on at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Queens NY…

Take a look and see if you can identify the shorebirds in this picture. Click on the image to enlarge it, if you need a closer look. With S...

July butterflies from the garden...

With the recent few days of warm weather I kept an eye out for butterflies and I was able to get some photos of about 5 different species. ...

Wordless Wednesday...

Monitoring Piping Plovers at Breezy Point Queens NY...

I was out at my favorite birding spot…you guessed it, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, when I got a call regarding monitoring Piping Plover nest...

Piping Plovers Defend Their Nest Site...

Wordless Wednesday...

Tags: Piping Plover , Piping Plover Chicks , Endangered Piping Plover

Westchester NY Butterfly Count (48) species...

48 species of butterflies was the number at the dinner tally after an all day (July 11th) butterfly count that covered Westchester NY. A fe...

Clapper Rail, Least Bittern and Shorebirds...

My afternoon started with a stop in Brooklyn where I visited Marine Park looking for a Sora that was reportedly heard on June 22nd. As I be...

Seining and Birding...

Keeping Egor happy for that one spectacular photograph has become somewhat of an obsession for my friend Don. In order to keep this Egret a...