Image via Wikipedia My third and final field season for the 2nd Pennsylvania Breeding Bird Atlas is over. This last season I covered quite a … Read More
Surveys in Stony Creek
Tomorrow I will be doing bird surveys in the Stony Creek Valley which is just east of Dauphin PA. This is the same area where … Read More
I and the Bird #77
Image via Wikipedia The latest compilation of bird blogging is out. Check it out at Great Auk – or Greatest Auk? My last post about … Read More
Do you know the immatures?
Summer birding can be downright drab, depending on where you spend your time. Breeders have settled into their territories and are busy raising young while … Read More
Uncommon field birds
Vesper Sparrow by jerryoldenettel Doing point counts in south eastern PA during the last weeks has left me feeling that some fields birds are a … Read More
Phalaropes in PA
Currently there is a rash of sightings of phalaropes in Pennsylvania. I know of at least 8 different birds that have been reported in the … Read More
East Coast Wood Sandpipers
While the Wood Sandpiper is considered accidental, i.e. very rare, in the lower 48, it has been recorded breeding in the Outer Aleutians. It is … Read More
Wood Sandpiper pictures
Friday afternoon I posted that I was off to chase the Wood Sandpiper being seen in Delaware. I got picked up at my house around … Read More