In order to boost the quality of writing on the Nemesis Bird, and to further increase the number of posts and the awesome pictures that … Read More
Pine Siskin movements
I just ran across a neat article on pine siskin migration from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Project FeederWatch. During the winter of 2008-09, there … Read More
Interesting weather, interesting birds?
Just a few pre-storm musings: The radar is lighting up with migrating birds currently. With the rain hitting during the night, there is the possibility … Read More
Blackpoll Migration thru Lancaster County
I felt like I was hearing a lot of Blackpoll Warblers earlier than expected this year so I dug thru some data on eBird and … Read More
They can’t all spend the night..
And so we learned with a recent saw-whet that we attempted to track. She was released from the banding station at around 10pm and we … Read More
What does a saw-whet do at night?
Well, let me tell you… We have now been tracking Isra for over 2 weeks now, with a lot of good data coming from our … Read More
Eastern Screech Owl
This is one of the eastern screech owls we have caught at the saw-whet banding operations. There are usually one or two that get curious … Read More
Fall Owl job
A couple weeks ago I started at a new job as the field tech for the Northern Saw-whet Owl telemetry project run by the Ned … 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
The Snow Goose phenomenon
Every year at this time, a natural phenomenon is occuring at Middle Creek Wildlife Management area. Until mid-February, Snow Geese were hanging out in the … Read More