This past Sunday, I held a Big Sit at the Allegheny Front Hawk Watch for the second year in a row. The Big Sit is … Read More
Jo Hays Vista – September 2011 Report
Coming into September with only 100 raptors, the other primary Jo Hays hawkwatchers and I were ready to see things heat up. We put in … Read More
Jo Hays Vista – 2000th Raptor of the Season!
Until around 1:30pm today, Jo Hays Vista was pretty well fogged in, but then the clouds got higher and the rain stopped and birds poured … Read More
Jo Hays Vista – 120 Raptors and an up-close Kestrel
This morning I helped out with the PSU Forest Festival, and so I didn’t get up to Jo Hays Vista until a little after noon. … Read More
Jo Hays Vista – Season Total Doubled!
Yesterday, I spent most of the day hawk watching at Jo Hays Vista hawk watch. While I didn’t get nearly as many raptors as Hawk … Read More
Jo Hayes Vista – August 2011 Report
Most hawk watches in Pennsylvania don’t start officially counting until September 1st each year but at Jo Hayes we took advantage of some of the … Read More
Storm Birding 8/28/11
With ‘Hurricane Irene’ moving up the east coast, and coming in it’s closest contact yet with Pennsylvania today all of us Centre County birders were … Read More
Bald Eagle milestone for Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Game Commission just released a bulletin announcing that, for the first time since the DDT era, Bald Eagles are nesting at over 200 … Read More
Recent observations here in Idaho….
I have been pretty busy trying to find curlew nests this past week, while Anna is off in western Idaho surveying for Flammulated Owls. However, … Read More
Virginia Rails, Bald Eagle, and a Milbert’s Tortoiseshell
Yesterday afternoon, Anna and I visited a wetland south of Nampa, Idaho that is well-known for the Virginia Rails and Soras that call it home … Read More