Wall St. Journal Article on Why Birdwatchers Now Carry iPods....

The Wall St. Journal has a front page article and online article on "Why Birdwatchers Now Carry iPods and Laser Pointers" which re...

Spring is coming......

Some of you are sitting in snow and severe weather and spring seems very far away. In fact, spring is March 20th, the vernal equinox . So st...

Hello

Sometimes, when you least expect it, a wonderful bird appears. I was standing looking at shorebirds at the tower pond in Ding Darling NWR, a...

Yard Birds

Painted Bunting, male Northern Cardinal, female Ovenbird Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Yesterday we spent the morning in our friend...

Zzzzzzzzzzzz

Sleeping Black-crowned Night Heron. Shhhhh. Photo © Lillian Stokes

Orange Juice Woodpecker

Yesterday during the Great Backyard Bird Count, I took this photo of this male Red-bellied Woodpecker (females just have red on the nape.). ...

Great Backyard Bird Count

Mockingbirds on Sanibel Island are singing now The Great Backyard Bird Count takes place nationwide this weekend. All you have to do is coun...

Just Because

Snowy Egret at sunset White Pelicans at sunset Great Egret on a cold early morning Sunset Great Egret flying I'm posting some of my rece...

Valentine Bloggerversary

Happy Valentine's Day. This is also our blogger anniversary. We have been doing Stokes Birding Blog for 1 year, during which time we hav...

Go Troy!

Pembroke Welsh Corgi, "Troy" (Ch. Aberlee Storm Force) For all you dog lovers (and lots of birders are), the Westminster Kennel Cl...

"Love Birds"

Valentine's Day is coming soon. We "love birds" were brought together because of our love of birds. Lillian was hooked on bird...

Coming to you

I took this dramatic photo of a Eurasian Collared-Dove just as it was about to land. This dove arrived in Florida in the 1980's from th...

Robin migration and wintering

Migrating robins on Sanibel Sabal Palm ( Sabal palmetto) tree with palm fruits Robins eat the palm fruits They also eat the fruits of the na...

Nascar Pelican

Which way to Daytona ? Black Lab? I don't see any Black Lab. Pelican? I don't see any Pelican. We saw this immature Brown Pelican si...

Lift Up

This Bald Eagle was sitting on a branch and I was photographing it with a 500mm plus 2 x teleconverter lens. I anticipated its take off and ...

Olde Thyme

Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge Roseate Spoonbills, Herons and Mangroves It's amazing what your point and shoot camera may do if y...

Gray Day Peli

It has been gray and cool with a little rain here, not the best for photography, so what can you photograph on a gray day? I was wondering t...

Carrot Trick

Hi, I'm Phoebe the Corgi. I'm smiling because my friend, Addy, the Jack Russell Terrier, is over to play. We ran around the house an...

Super Bowl

We hear that the Bears are looking for a touchdown today. Photos @ Lillian Stokes, 2007

Bathing Beauty

I photographed this Dunlin recently, taking a bath. I love the way the water droplets, frozen by the camera, just envelop the bird like a sh...

Today is Groundhog Day

Our Groundhog, or Woodchuck (above), at "Bobolink Farm" our NH home, is still asleep in its underground burrow today. But Punxsuta...

Skimmer Wallpaper

I took these photos of Black Skimmers this morning. The huge flock swirled around us in the sky like a black and white snowstorm, punctuated...