At the end of my street is Ellicott Creek. In downtown Buffalo, we have Ellicott Square, wit…
In mid-November, 2020 a group of about thirty birdwatchers gathered…
One of the remarkable and unexpected aspects of coronavirus shelter…
Gerry Rising is the author of Birds and Bird Watching. His new book…
On January 1, 2020, I decided that I would take a weekly walk throu…
Ever since I began writing natural history columns in the 1990s, I’…
Disturbing news about widespread bird loss in the US (see here) mak…
It is far too easy to characterize today’s youth as hedonists, unca…
Most of us have our favorite birds—colorful bluebirds, cardinals, o…
This past summer, while birdwatching in Golden Hill State Park in S…
Here is a list just over 100 birds that I believe a beginner could …