Birding Staten Island - the forgotten borough of NYC…

On Saturday November 7th, I joined my friend Howard Fischer for some birding out in Staten Island . My first stop would be Mount Loretto; a...

Shorebird Conservation...

Here we are as birders vying for looks at shorebirds all through their migratory period. In NYC, during the shorebird season birders anxiou...

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Rare vagrant, Ash-throated Flycatcher in Queens NY....

Thanks to alert birders, Rudy Bedia, Richard Aracil and Heidi Lopes, an Ash-throated Flycatcher was discovered in an unlikely area - a vaca...

Birding the barrier beaches - A Plethora of Terns and Eiders …

On Sunday November 1st, I decided to bird the barrier beaches of Long Island NY ; the plan was to meet up with Shai Mitra and Pat Lindsay f...

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Birding the barrier beaches of Long Island NY...

I had promised to help out Shai Mitra and Pat Lindsay with the NYC Audubon walk that was scheduled for October 11th at Robert Moses State P...

Wordless Wednesday...

Quest for a Pink-footed Goose...

After birding three areas on Saturday, I decided not to make the run to Montauk, Long Island for the reported "Yellow billed Loon"...