I am currently sitting on top of Tussey Mountain and it is snowing and 27F. Winds are out of the west which is generally prime … Read More
Massive blackbird flocks
While spending some time in Lancaster over Thanksgiving, I was able to get out and drive the farm fields looking for birds. One interesting bird … Read More
PA’s First Ever Anna’s Hummingbird!
This afternoon I was able to drive over to the Mountain Springs Camping Resort near Hamburg to see the Anna’s Hummingbird that was captured and … Read More
New Jersey Birding – Part 1
Last Friday, November 19th, was the start of our Thanksgiving Break so my friends and I decided to go to Cape May, NJ for some … 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
Golden Eagles
If you have ever spent any time around me at a hawk watch, you would know that every raptor that flies by gets me very … Read More
Dark-eyed Juncos- the females
On Friday, we caught three Dark-eyed Juncos in one net check. As you can see from the photo of the three together, they exhibited a … Read More
Bird Banding at Sunset Park
Since the weather was so nice (also read: “freezing cold”), Emily Thomas decided to try banding this morning. There was quite a crowd there from … Read More
Migration of White-crowned Sparrow subspecies
David Sibley has been putting up some interesting posts on bird ranges and migration based on banding recoveries. His latest post looks into the migration … Read More
Jo Hayes Vista Hawk Watching 11-9-10
Today, I spent 8.5 hours counting migrating raptors at Jo Hayes Vista. Jo Hayes is on the border of Centre County and Huntingdon County, here in PA. It was … Read More