Savvy birders are meteorologically astute. They keep an eye out for what may be arriving with the next airmass, wrung out of the skies by … Read More
The evolution of county listing
I came to county listing quite innocently, at least in my mind. After college, I spent my summers doing surveys for the now published 2nd … Read More
Winter Raptor Survey Results for PA – 2012
Greg Grove sent out the following message concerning the results of this past winter’s PA winter raptor surveys (WRS). Greg has allowed me to post … Read More
Birds to Look For – Centre Co, PA (Last week of March)
This coming weekend marks the beginning of the last week of March. April is so close and beginning in just the first week of April, … Read More
Centre County Waterfowl Report 2/29/12
Many of us here in Centre County have brought up the idea of trying to coordinate efforts on rainy days when waterfowl could get forced … Read More
The American Kestrel story
American Kestrels have experienced some pretty severe declines in parts of their range. This was most recently brought to my attention while reading Clay Sutton’s … Read More
Jo Hays Vista – October 2011 Report
On the first day of October, we had counted 2048 migrate past Jo Hays Vista, the best fall flight at this site ever recorded. I … Read More
Blue-headed Vireos on the decline?
There has been a lot of talk on the PABirds listserv regarding a possible decline of Blue-headed Vireos based on the scarcity of individual sightings … Read More
Next up- ducks
The next group of birds that will be moving into the area on their southbound migration are the ducks. There are already scattered reports of … Read More
Jo Hays Vista – September 2011 Report
Coming into September with only 100 raptors, the other primary Jo Hays hawkwatchers and I were ready to see things heat up. We put in … Read More