For The Birds

By Brian Kluepfel   Hallie Flanagan Wolfe lets me know this would be no walk in the park. “You may be a writer, but today I’m gonna put you to work,” she said. And that she does. Along with a

This article previously appeared on the birdmanwalking.com blog. By Brian Kluepfel A gray aspect to a dreary October Sunday that feels more like winter than fall: a drizzling rain, a biting western wind moves sodden clouds and even puffs of fog.

By Brian Kluepfel   In our not-so-distant past, landlords, businesses and employers posted signs indicating “No Blacks, No Irish, No Dogs.”  It was clear that in the social hierarchy of the day, Blacks and Irish were considered less than second-class

By Brian Kluepfel   The annual Teatown Hudson River EagleFest was celebrated last weekend, and though limited in pandemic times, it remains a crucial Hudson Valley event marking the preservation of our national bird and nature in general. Saw Mill

By Brian Kluepfel In his 1970 book “People of the Short Blue Corn: Tales and Legends of the Hopi Indians,” Harold Courlander includes the myth from the Southwest about how many of the birds received their calls. The legend of Yaalpa,

By Brian Kluepfel   A friend stopped by to bless our new home with a bottle of wine, to commiserate about work, to shoot a few hoops. It was a pleasant, crisp late fall afternoon and we were in sterling

By Brian Kluepfel   Although there are many reasons to become a birder, probably the primary reason many do so is because birds are visually stunning. Here in North America, where the number of avian species pales in comparison to