Happy New Year!!!

This photograph was taken in my backyard yesterday as I restocked the feeders. The Song Sparrow , is one of my many winter visitors and I ...

Wordless Wednesday...

Bronx-Westchester Christmas Bird Count 2009...

Early morning scoping netted some good finds. On Sunday, December 27th, I participated in the Bronx-Westchester Christmas Bird Count , which...

Mew Gull In Bensonhurst Park Brooklyn NY...

In dire weather conditions birder, Shane Blodgett, found a Mew Gull (which looks like the European Species Larus canus canus a.k.a. Common ...

Backyard News - Cooper's in the rain...

This morning, I contemplated heading out to Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx to do some birding, but held off because of the rain. Instead, I k...

Christmas Eve Birding Nets – Black Guillemot and Black-headed Gull

I headed out for a day of Christmas Eve birding with the intention of going for the Black Guillemot that was reported at Sebonac Inlet Long...

Montauk LI Christmas Bird Count 2009...

After being cooped up for a few weeks, I was only too happy to participate in the Montauk LI Christmas Bird Count . When my friend Shai Mi...