I made a quick run over to Bald Eagle State Park this morning and was rewarded with a few interesting species; two Forster’s Terns (a … Read More
Goodbye Moorhen, Hello Gallinule
Sometimes I am okay with changes, other times I am a little hesitant to accept things, and sometimes I just downright cannot stand certain changes. … Read More
Nesting Cliff Swallows
Cliff Swallows are social birds. All you have to do is look at how they nest to see how true that statement is. Cliff Swallows … Read More
Common Grackles feeding young in Carey, Idaho!
Anna and I stopped by Carey on our way back to Boise in hopes of seeing a Great-tailed Grackle since we had missed them on … 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
MAPS Banding at Lucky Peak 6/5/11
This morning Idaho Bird Observatory had its first MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) banding session of the year up at Lucky Peak. The purpose … Read More
Possible ‘Fuertes’ Red-tailed Hawk in Idaho!?
This past week I photographed an adult Red-tailed Hawk that I think could potentially be a ‘Fuertes’ Red-tailed Hawk; a subspecies typically only found in … Read More
History of Cattle Egrets in Pennsylvania
After four Cattle Egrets showed up nearby I became interested in the background story of Cattle Egrets in Pennsylvania. I remember seeing small flocks of … 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