My birding efforts for 2026 officially began up on the roof of my Astoria apartment during a predawn snow squall on New Year’s Day, straining … Read More
Lake Freeze-out, Grebe Fall-out
Almost every winter portions of the Great Lakes freeze up for the winter. This winter the Northeast already has two episodes of a ‘polar vortex’ … Read More
Winter Red-necked Grebe – Centre County, PA
This afternoon I found this adult Red-necked Grebe at the Axemann Rd pond in Centre County. This is only the 2nd January record for the … Read More
EVERY Grebe Species at Memorial Lake
Pennsylvania Grebe Perfection. Every species of grebe (Avian order Podicipediformes, family Podicipedidae), that has EVER been documented in Pennsylvania was present at the SAME place, … Read More
BESP – Red-necked Grebe, etc
This morning Drew Weber, Josh Lefever, Nadia Barkawi, and I drove out to Bald Eagle State Park to see if any of the waterfowl Drew … Read More
First Week of Flammulated Owl Surveys!
This past week instead of searching for curlew nests, my coworker Oly Olson and I went to southeastern Idaho to begin the first week of … Read More
Red-necked Grebes and Black Scoters at BESP
Since Drew and I are living in the State College area for this year and the next, the posts on this site will be quite … Read More