During the second week of February, I spent a few days in the Dwesa Nature Reserve along the Eastern Cape of South Africa helping out … Read More
Amur Falcons – South Africa
As regular readers of this site know, I am a huge fan of raptors. Here in South Africa, I have been able to see quite … Read More
Crested Caracaras in South-central Florida
Crested Caracaras are members of the family Falconidae (which includes other species like Kestrels, Merlins and Hobbies, and the Peregrine Falcon). Recently, through genetic work, … Read More
More Shiloh Rd Rough-legged Hawks
I stopped by the Shiloh Rd grasslands yesterday and a light morph roughleg was perched right in the interchange, oblivious to all the traffic around … Read More
White-tailed Kites in Florida
One of the most dramatic raptors found in Florida is the White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucaris. It is rare and found locally in south central/south eastern … Read More
Woodward Rough-legged Hawks
This afternoon I headed to the eastern edge of Centre County to look for the Rough-legged Hawks that Joe Verica has been reporting around Woodward. … Read More
Dark morph Roughie
It’s been a really good year for Rough-legged Hawks so far. I have seen 6 in Centre County and 5 more across Pennsylvania and they … Read More
Rough-legged Hawk – SE Dauphin County
Yesterday, Dick and Pat Williams found a light morph Rough-legged Hawk along Valley Rd in Southeastern Dauphin County. The hawk was still present today, hunting … Read More
Cold Weather Birding 1-15-11
Today, Mark Markiewicz and I made a huge birding loop from Hershey, down to Lancaster County, then Berks County, then Lebanon County, and finally back … Read More
Aging Crested Caracaras
I am fascinated by birds of prey. They are by far, my favorite group of birds and whenever I am hawk-watching or out birding and … Read More