By Brian Kluepfel The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, “Fight for the things that you care about, but do so in a way that others will join you.” I think that is the guiding principle of the
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel Sometimes, we feel powerless to make a dent in the world’s problems, complex and overwhelming as they are. This year, however, in another bit of Citizen/Community Science, you can make a direct contribution to recording bird populations
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel This Saturday birders from around New York will converge on rivers, lakes, ponds and shorelines of the Empire State, from Lake Erie to the Long Island Sound, immersing themselves in the counting of ducks, loons, geese, swans
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel Birding can take on many aspects: observing birds outdoors, marveling at photographs of birds and reading accounts of avian-obsessed adventurers of days gone by. It all depends upon your fancy. This month, you’ve got a wealth of
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel At our recent New York State Birders’ Conference in Tarrytown – many kudos to Saw Mill River Audubon for putting that big show together – one of the more interesting presentations came from Tom Stephenson. It was all
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel There’s a stir in the local birding community whenever a rare or off-course avian is sighted. When a white pelican shows up in Pelham Bay, for instance, e-Bird blows up, Rare Bird Alerts are sent out and
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel To paraphrase an old sports joke: I went to a rodeo, and a birding trip broke out. Thus was my three-day adventure in the least crowded state in the lower 48, Wyoming, and its capital, the bustling
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel Paul McCartney is a wonderful musician, but he was likely wrong about blackbirds singing in the dead of night. They’re probably asleep at that juncture, but then again, with all his gold records I’ll allow Sir Paul
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel I was excited to paddle in the Bronx River Alliance’s (BRA) annual flotilla down New York City’s only freshwater river. The weather last Saturday was acceptable, although it was 42 degrees when I left Ossining. We’d had
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel April has arrived with a spaghetti splatter of weather patterns befitting climate change, but there is much to feel positive about in the birding world and with Saw Mill River Audubon (SMRA) in general. SMRA held
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