Three species of swallow were present at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge while I was there. The most common were Tree Swallows followed by Northern … Read More
Search for the Western Tanager
Sunday afternoon a post showed up on the PA Birds listserv stating that a Western Tanager had been found at John Heinz NWR. Not much … Read More
Manure birds
One exciting aspect about living in the country during the winter is the flocks of birds that attend to the local manure covered fields. In … Read More
Vagrant orioles
This has been a good year for orioles in Pennsylvania. A Scott’s Oriole in February near Harrisburg started out the year with a bang, see … Read More
Snowy Hawk Mountain
Last Saturday I counted again at Hawk Mountain. The weather was rainy on the drive up but as I polled into the parking lot I … Read More
Backyard Finches
For the last few weeks, finch numbers have really increased in my backyard, thanks in large part to a cool double sock nyger seed feeder … Read More
Bonies at the flats
A few days ago I spent the morning at Conejohela Flats, canoing around because the water level was extremely high following the 3 inches of … Read More
My sparrow fest
So it seems like ever other bird blogger has gotten out to digiscope the sparrow migration and today was finally my day. I got some … Read More
More Arizona pictures
Juniper Titmouse @ Grand Canyon National Park Black-headed Grosbeak @ Grand Canyon National Park Broad-billed Hummingbird @ Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum Barn Owl @ Arizona-Sonoran Desert … Read More
Bainbridge Sparrow hunting
There is a little spot on the Susquehanna River south of Harrisburg known for fall Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrows. It’s basically a collection of small islands … Read More