The past five days, I have been down in Bedford County, PA birding and hawk watching. It was miserably cold most of the time, especially since … Read More
Injured Vesper Sparrow
This afternoon, while hawk watching at the Dunning’s Mtn site in Bedford County, I spotted a Vesper Sparrow foraging along the roadside. Last weekend we … Read More
Massive blackbird flocks
While spending some time in Lancaster over Thanksgiving, I was able to get out and drive the farm fields looking for birds. One interesting bird … Read More
Rusty Blackbirds and N. Rough-winged Swallows
Cameron and I birded around Philadelphia today, starting at Tinicum where we found lots of ducks and good numbers of Rusty Blackbirds as well a … Read More
New Jersey Birding – Part 3
For the fourth day of our trip, on the 22nd, we really didnt have anything planned, so we figured we would just spend some more … Read More
New Jersey Birding – Part 2
On Sunday morning, November 21st, we started off the day by going to Reed’s Beach in Cape May. It was pretty slow and there wasnt … Read More
New Jersey Birding – Part 1
Last Friday, November 19th, was the start of our Thanksgiving Break so my friends and I decided to go to Cape May, NJ for some … Read More
Merlin vs Bat
Soon after I arrived at Colyer Lake to look for the previously reported Red-throated Loon, I noticed a slate-blue male Merlin perched along the shore. … Read More
Tundra Swans and Red-throated Loon at Colyer Lake
On my way home from seeing the Anna’s Hummingbird, Cattle Egret, White-winged Crossbill, I found out that Nan Butkovitch had reported a Red-throated Loon at … Read More