migration

The robins are back. Daylight Saving Time makes for longer periods of sun. The first official day of spring is Saturday, March 20. It shouldn’t be too...

Typically at this time of the year, I’d be preparing for a trip to New Jersey. As I’ve written many times, New Jersey is a mecca for autumn ecotourist...

Just as Memorial Day represents the unofficial start of summer, so too does it represent the unofficial end of the spring bird migration that began wi...

For those of us living in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties, spring bird migration is pretty much over by the time the fireflies begin appearing over ...

There is a comical reality about birding that is perhaps best depicted in a cartoon that appeared in The New Yorker magazine years ago. In the cartoon...

Let the show begin! Despite the winter setback late last week, strong southwest winds and unseasonably warm temperatures sped up the arrival of some o...

In the last column I asked readers to contact me if they were seeing fewer ruby-throated hummingbirds this year than in previous years. If the respons...

RED HOUSE — The new boardwalk over a wetlands below the Red House Lake dam and spillway hosted its inaugural nature hike Thursday night. The 1 ½ hour ...