Well I am back from Florida. I met up with two friends of mine yesterday in Lake Placid and we drove straight back home to … Read More
Florida Trip Update
I have been super busy birding here in Florida and helping Anna Fasoli with her Crested Caracara surveys so I dont really have much time … Read More
Golden-crowned Sparrow and Orange-crowned Warbler – Chesapeake Farms, MD
After chasing (and finding!) the Northern Wheatear this morning, Klye Aldinger, Ian Gardner, and I drove about an hour farther south to try and find … Read More
Northern Wheatear – Fox Point State Park, Delaware
On December 22nd, Colin Campbell was biking around Fox Point State Park near Wilmington, Delaware and discovered a Northern Wheatear. This is a very rare … Read More
SoLanCo Christmas Bird Count!
Today I got up early and drove down to Block 18 and 20 in Southern Lancaster County for this years SoLanCo Christmas Bird Count. I … 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
Laws of Winter Birding
I saw this on the Birdchat listserv several years ago and enjoyed it. And boy, are they true. 1) The older we get, the colder … Read More
Another state bird for the list- Le Conte’s Sparrow
Image via Wikipedia Stopped at the Darlington Tract in Delaware County today to look for the Le Conte’s Sparrow that has been seen in the … Read More
Finding saw-whets
A while ago, when it was still warm and there were leaves on the trees, Â I went out for a little daytime saw-whet radio telemetry. … Read More
Winter finch forecast
Image via Wikipedia Here is Ron Pittaway’s Winter Finch Forecast for 2008 – 2009. Every year Ron writes up a prediction of finch(plus a few others) irruptions  based … Read More