Check out this thread on birdphotographers.net for a strange looking heron photographed recently in Cuba. Cuba has the same suite of herons and egrets that … Read More
Cormorants of South Africa
Coming from Pennsylvania, I am only really ever prepared to see one species of cormorant on a typical basis; the Double-crested Cormorant. A winter trip … Read More
More Shiloh Rd Rough-legged Hawks
I stopped by the Shiloh Rd grasslands yesterday and a light morph roughleg was perched right in the interchange, oblivious to all the traffic around … Read More
Sibley on Scoters
David Sibley has put up a good post on identifying scoters by their silhouette. Why is this a good thing to learn? In David’s own … Read More
Dark morph Roughie
It’s been a really good year for Rough-legged Hawks so far. I have seen 6 in Centre County and 5 more across Pennsylvania and they … Read More
Aging Crested Caracaras
I am fascinated by birds of prey. They are by far, my favorite group of birds and whenever I am hawk-watching or out birding and … Read More
The State College Roughleg
Maybe you remember the adult intermediate-morph Rough-legged Hawk photos that Alex posted earlier this month? There is currently a thread in the North American Birders … Read More
Rough-legged Hawk – Centre County
For the past week a Rough-legged Hawk has been hanging around CREP fields along highway 220 in Centre County. The habitat is beautiful and loaded … Read More
Review: Birds of Europe (Second Edition)
I recently received a review copy of Birds of Europe (Second Edition) from Princeton University Press Field Guides. Lars Svensson wrote the text and designed the … Read More
Answer to Mystery Bird Quiz
First off, thanks for all the responses to the mystery bird quiz. Below is the photo again to refresh your memory. The top bird and … Read More