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
Pennsylvania eBird comparison
After posting the graphs of eBird submissions in Centre County I ran through the View and Explore Data part of eBird and did the same thing … Read More
Centre County, PA eBird
Since it was launched in 2002, eBird has been providing birders with an easy way to keep track of their sightings and the satisfaction of … Read More
On the power of submitting more to eBird
Tim Schreckengost and I spent several hours this morning walking around Toftrees in search of sparrows and any lingering birds that hadn’t been scared south … Read More
Grasshopper Sparrow abundances
eBird has just started releasing some really neat animations of the abundances of birds throughout the year. They have been giving some supercomputer processor time … Read More
Expansion of Eurasian Collared-Doves in the US
On his Notes from Soggy Bottom blog, Bill Pulliam just posted a fascinating visualization of the spread of Eurasian Collared-Doves in the last couple decades. … Read More
Pintail parade
Octorara Lake has been a great spot to see Northern Pintails this year. The last time I checked the area off of Mt Eden Rd, … Read More
Olive-sided Flycatcher
The highlight of a mornings walk around Lancaster County Central Park was the Olive-sided Flycatcher I found perched at the tippy top of a tree. … Read More
How to count birds
Snow Geese flock, originally uploaded by topherous. Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird site has just posted Bird Counting 101. For anyone who spends time out … Read More
The Christmas Post
Now that Christmas is officially over I feel as if I should past what I got today. Highlights include a brand new eastern edition of … Read More