On September 4th after returning from out of town, my wife, Trish Miller, and I were birding our Somerset Lake route. One of our first … Read More
More Montezuma shorebirds
On Wednesday I met Steve Brenner for a couple hours of scanning the shorebird flocks at Knox-Marcellus Marsh in the Montezuma NWR. We met pretty … Read More
Twitchy Least Sandpiper settling in
Andy McGann was walking around in the Susquehanna River when he captured this video of a Least Sandpiper in worn adult plumage settling down after … Read More
Delaware Day Trip
On August 12th Chad Kauffman, Andy McGann, Jason Weller, and I traveled down to Delaware to check out various shorebird hotspots as well as try … Read More
Photo Study: Stilt Sandpiper @ Conejohela Flats
Recently I posted about a morning I spent birding at Conejohela Flats in Lancaster County, which mentioned that I saw and photographed an adult Stilt … Read More
Conejohela Flats – Black Terns and Stilt Sandpiper
This morning Ian Gardner and I took the short drive down to Conejohela Flats from Hershey. We arrived at 8:20am and kayaked around for 2.5 … Read More
Shorebird season! The mostly peep quiz
It’s that time of year again. Shorebirds are starting to filter south as the breeding season completes. These adults look different than they did in … Read More
Slow Summer Birding…..
The past few weeks birding has been pretty slow here in central Pennsylvania. Most of the breeding warbler species have stopped singing and are busy … Read More
Stilt Sandpiper and Friends at Merritt Island NWR
Anna and I visited Merritt Island NWR late in the afternoon on May 26th. Birding was relatively slow due to the time of day and … Read More
Preening video – Least Sandpiper
Here is a video on preening shot and edited by Andy McGann.