birdwatching

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 —...

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...

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 ...

If one thing has changed about the way that I travel by car, it’s my degree of planning. Until quite recently, I’d identify my destination and the rou...