Pennsylvania is a great state to bird in; we have enough elevation change to afford us a large diversity of breeding and migrating warblers, we … Read More
First Few Days of Cuckoo Field Work
Anna and I arrived in Blythe, California on the 14th and hit the ground running; the morning of the 15th we went to one of … Read More
Library Black-backed Woodpeckers Update
I posted last week about a pair of Black-backed Woodpeckers that Anna and I found in the parking lot of the Island Park Public Library. … Read More
Recent observations here in Idaho….
I have been pretty busy trying to find curlew nests this past week, while Anna is off in western Idaho surveying for Flammulated Owls. However, … Read More
Decorah Eagle cam
At this point I am sure just about everyone has heard about the eagle cam that is set up in Decorah, Iowa since it has … Read More
Golden-crowned Sparrow and Orange-crowned Warbler – Chesapeake Farms, MD
After chasing (and finding!) the Northern Wheatear this morning, Klye Aldinger, Ian Gardner, and I drove about an hour farther south to try and find … Read More
PA’s First Ever Anna’s Hummingbird!
This afternoon I was able to drive over to the Mountain Springs Camping Resort near Hamburg to see the Anna’s Hummingbird that was captured and … Read More
Anna’s Hummingbird chirps with its tail
There is a story on BBCNews.com currently reporting on the finding that Anna’s Hummingbirds chirp with their tail. Using high speed video, some researchers were … Read More
The fickle females of the bird world
A recent paper published at nature.com revealed how fickle the female Lark Buntings are when it comes to picking a mate each spring. It is … Read More