Two Snowy Owls were reported at Presque Isle SP on Lake Erie during the past week, adding Pennsylvania to the growing list of East Coast … Read More
Weekend Digiscoping Spotlight – Snowy Owls in NJ
It looks like another Snowy Owl irruption winter. Alex found two identical and heavily marked birds at Sandy Hook that were previously reported. There are … Read More
Second time’s the charm! – Snowy Owl in St. Catharines, Ontario
Back in mid-February I joined the Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology on a four day trip through Ontario, in search of  boreal specialties. On the first … Read More
Headed for Canada, but not without a Tufted Duck
This past weekend, I joined the Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology (PSO) on a four day birding trip through Ontario. This would be the second time … Read More
Snowy Owl – Armstrong County, PA
I thought that the Cumberland County, PA Snowy Owl was going to be the last of that species I would see for a while – … Read More
Townsend’s Warbler in PA!
A few days ago, Dr. Andy Green reported an adult female Townsend’s Warbler visiting his backyard along with a Pine Warbler. Once accepted, this Townsend’s … Read More
Rarity Round-Up: A Four Day Birding Adventure
Click on links throughout this post to see our full eBird checklists and more photos for the locations mentioned! Last week I was sitting around … Read More
Common Chaffinch and Snowy Owl – New Jersey
This morning Josh Lefever, Mark Mizak, and I began what will be a weekend-long birding trip throughout eastern PA and NJ. We first visited the … Read More
Snowy Owl – Chester County, PA
Today, I had a family get-together near Perkasie, PA and knew that was really close to S&W Race Cars, where a Snowy Owl has been … Read More
Black-tailed Gull – Back to Ashtabula
On November 17th, I joined Andy McGann and Tom Johnson in an attempt to see the adult Black-tailed Gull that had been discovered the day … Read More