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Among birders there’s something called “chasing a bird.” As I’ve written before, chasing a bird involves a birder learning of a rare or unusual bird —...

When we watch birds, we’re seeing them at a point in time. Whether they’re at our feeder or they’re on the ground or they’re making their way through ...

I enjoy winter in Western New York — particularly those cold, blustery days when snow is flying around in all directions — but I’d enjoy it a lot more...

Our long winter nights are the perfect time for me to sort through thousands of images of people, places and wildlife that I’ve collected since gettin...

There are many good reasons why it’s worth making a trip to an area hawk watch site for either the autumn migration or the spring migration. First, se...

In the last column , I wrote about birding while cycling along Phase 1 of the Adirondack Rail Trail, which runs from Lake Placid to Saranac Lake. The ...

I readily admit that my nostalgia for the golden age of American railroads is filtered through the lenses of rose-colored glasses. Some of my favorite...

As I mentioned in an earlier column, I’ve taken up cycling and I’ve spent the last few months relearning how to ride — you can forget the old adage th...

In my last column I wrote about my excitement at locating three nesting prothonotary warblers at Magee Marsh in Ohio over the Memorial Day Weekend. Pa...