October is a very special time of the year in Pennsylvania. The first week of the month there are still a ton of neotropical migrants … Read More
PA Fall Migration Predictions – End of Oct: Part 1
October is a very special time of the year in Pennsylvania. The first week of the month there are still a ton of neotropical migrants … Read More
Townsend’s Solitaire – Bedford County, Pennsylvania
On Saturday, October 13th my friends and I conducted a ‘Big Sit’ at the Allegheny Front Hawkwatch. This was my third year doing a Big … Read More
Am I in Nebraska?
I had a great morning of birding today. The plan was to head to Montezuma NWR and try to relocate the Yellow-headed Blackbird that had … Read More
Rufous Hummingbird – Onondaga County NY
[dc]T[/dc]his morning I got out pretty early to look for the Rufous Hummingbird that was coming to a feeder in Phoenix. It was overcast but … Read More
Whimbrel and 3 Avocets– Sept ’12, Somerset County, PA
On September 4th after returning from out of town, my wife, Trish Miller, and I were birding our Somerset Lake route. One of our first … Read More
Nelson’s Sparrow – Sinnemahoning State Park, PA
[dc]T[/dc]his evening, Mark Johnson found this gorgeous Nelson’s Sparrow at Sinnemahoning State Park in Cameron County. The bird was in a large, wet patch of … Read More
This winter’s irruptives
[dc]O[/dc]ne of the exciting things about winter birding is the prospect of large movements of winter finches and other more northern species. Already we are … Read More
Maryland Herald Petrel – 8/25/12
This past weekend, 5 of my friends and I were fortunate enough to be on the See Life Paulagics overnight pelagic out of Lewes, DE. … Read More
Delaware Day Trip
On August 12th Chad Kauffman, Andy McGann, Jason Weller, and I traveled down to Delaware to check out various shorebird hotspots as well as try … Read More