I had an excellent Easter. I saw 2 of the 3 birds I chased, missing only Yellow-headed Blackbird. That miss is not too big of … Read More
Inquisitive Birds
Some days at the hawk watch the weather is less than ideal and the the hawks are not flying. These are the times when it … Read More
Turkeys at Garret
This morning at Garret Mountain Reservation in New Jersey I came across a group of Wild Turkeys and managed this shot of one of the … Read More
Big Flight of the Kestrels
American Kestrel, photo by copeg. Today was the day of the American Kestrel. It started at 10 am and by the time I finished counting … Read More
Hungry Accipiters
I really wish I had a picture for this post. I guess that will have to wait until I manage to get a dSLR camera … Read More
The Watch is about to begin, what’s up with this weather
Tomorrow marks day one of the Montclair Spring Hawk Watch, weather permitting. After reaching about 75°F today the thunderclouds are rolling in and we might … Read More
Smith’s Longspur
Well, I didn’t miss this one. Seems like everyone else got to see the Smith’s Longspur in the blogosphere- City Birder, Mike from 10000birds.com, Jersey … Read More
The Ballet of the Shorties
Short-eared Owls have been on my want list for Pennsylvania for quite some time. I had several opportunities to see them while in college in … Read More
The Long-billed Murrelet Quandry or “Would you Count it?”
Well, I was there. And I most certainly saw an alcid. Could have been a murrelet. Definitely not a Razorbill. Hmm… So is this the … Read More
The chase is on!
A stray from Asia, the Long-billed Murrelet has been sighted at Sandy Hook, NJ and I am off to meet Cameron and some other birders … Read More