I first met Alan Brady aboard the Miss Barnegat Light on a tilefish trip out to the 100-fathom line at Hudson Canyon, in late May of 1977. Alan was well-known as a pioneer in organizing pelagic trips for the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club (DVOC) and the Urner Ornithological Club—excursions I could never seem to […]
Spring is here and the warblers are back! It’s difficult not to walk with an extra bounce in your step after enjoying a spring morning of watching warblers. Right along with fresh air and budding leaves, warblers embody that sense of rejuvenation we feel as spring replaces a long, dreary winter. […]
This is a very easy column to write although, perhaps, a somewhat oblique one. Most people who enter North America’s most celebrated birding contest want to win this event. But since only one team is going to win and there are over 100 registered teams, losing teams constitute a much larger audience. […]
Birding isn’t exactly a dangerous activity, but there are a few hazards birders should be aware of. The itching on my leg—courtesy of my first chigger bite of the year—reminds me of one.
You hear a lot of stories about chiggers that are absolutely untrue—for example, that they will burrow under your […]