Two Snowy Owls were reported at Presque Isle SP on Lake Erie during the past week, adding Pennsylvania to the growing list of East Coast … Read More
MacGillivray’s Warbler – Highspire, Pennsylvania
After close observation between yesterday afternoon and this morning, as well as consulting with warbler experts, it seems the tricky Geothlypis warbler found yesterday by … Read More
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and Lark Sparrow!
Coming back into Lewes this past Saturday, after a day-long Paulagic trip, I switched my phone off of airplane mode and was immediately inundated with … Read More
Black-chinned Hummingbird – 2nd PA State Record!
With more and more winter hummingbirds reported each year throughout Pennsylvania, we have been breaking new records left and right. Last year about 100 winter … Read More
MEGA: Buffalo Brown Booby!
***UPDATE*** As of 8:30 this morning (10/8/13), we had the Brown Booby giving excellent looks at the Erie Basin Marina. Here is a short video … Read More
Ruff at Chincoteague NWR, Virginia
Originally discovered by Joe and Jeff Greco on June 27th, Zak Poulton and I raced up from Kiptopeke the following evening and were able to … Read More
A successful chase: Black-throated Gray Warbler
This afternoon as I was picking up Justine after classes at SUNY-ESF, I got a text message that a Black-throated Gray Warbler had been spotted … Read More
La Sagra’s Flycatcher – Green Cay Nature Center
From early January until around March 8th, 2013 a La Sagra’s Flycatcher was hanging out around the parking lot and boardwalk to the Green Cay … Read More
Second time’s the charm! – Snowy Owl in St. Catharines, Ontario
Back in mid-February I joined the Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology on a four day trip through Ontario, in search of  boreal specialties. On the first … Read More
White-cheeked Pintail just in time for the 110th anniversary of Pelican Island NWR
So far this winter, Florida has had an incredible spree of West Indian vagrants turn up. One of the most interesting is an adult White-cheeked … Read More