Octorara Lake has been a great spot to see Northern Pintails this year. The last time I checked the area off of Mt Eden Rd, … Read More
The Snow Goose phenomenon
Every year at this time, a natural phenomenon is occuring at Middle Creek Wildlife Management area. Until mid-February, Snow Geese were hanging out in the … Read More
Finally got some crossbill pics
After reading a good reminder that this crossbill irruption we are experiencing now probably won’t happen for years, I decided I would finally try to … Read More
RBA: Western Grebe in Mechanicsburg, PA
After spending the morning running after White-winged Crossbills and Rough-legged Hawks around Lancaster with my dad, I arrived home to see an email saying that … Read More
Red-necked Grebes at Wrightsville
A trip up and down along the Susquehanna River was pretty boring today. All the ice has melted and any lingering ducks seem to have … Read More
Another state bird for the list- Le Conte’s Sparrow
Image via Wikipedia Stopped at the Darlington Tract in Delaware County today to look for the Le Conte’s Sparrow that has been seen in the … Read More
Ferruginous Hawk in PA?
A possible Ferruginous Hawk has been reported in central Pennsylvania, with some distant shots at http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b10/chadkauffy/Birds/.  Anyone have any opinions from these shots? I think … Read More
White-winged Crossbilll irruption
We are currently enjoying a large irruption of White-winged Crossbills across much of the northern states. I have gotten to see a flock several times … Read More
Finding saw-whets
A while ago, when it was still warm and there were leaves on the trees, Â I went out for a little daytime saw-whet radio telemetry. … Read More
Winter finch forecast
Image via Wikipedia Here is Ron Pittaway’s Winter Finch Forecast for 2008 – 2009. Every year Ron writes up a prediction of finch(plus a few others) irruptions  based … Read More