And More Bluebirds

And here he is again and this is Mrs. Bluebird You can see why it has been said that the bluebird carries the sky on his back. Our Eastern B...

Oh So Blue

This morning our Eastern Bluebird pair was investigating some of our bird houses. The light was just right to bring out the oh-so-blue color...

Think Orioles

Baltimore Oriole at orange We answer many hundreds of questions from people a year about all aspects of birding. Recently someone from Michi...

Wild Goose Chase

Canada Geese We decided to go looking for some Greater White-fronted Geese that had been reported in the Connecticut River Valley on the NH...

Song of Spring

Today, a recently arrived Song Sparrow started singing. Aaah, finally, a sound of spring. Photo © Lillian Stokes, 2007

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

I put a little rug under my desk and now Phoebe, our Corgi puppy, sleeps there while I am working. Don't wake her. Photo © Lillian Stoke...

Synchrony

While waiting for our white stuff (snow) to melt, I was photo-editing and came across this image of some other white things. These White Pel...

Spring Images

Red tulips in our garden American Goldfinch in breeding plumage A view across our perennial borders to "ship rock" Amalanchier (sh...

Poetry In Motion

Yesterday, this beautiful Red Fox was hunting our "Bobolink Farm" fields in the rosy glow of early light. We watched it meander o...

Sleet

On top of our 12 plus inches of snow we are now getting sleet. Love the way it beads up on the junco and the Red Squirrel's bushy tail i...

Nor'easter

A big Nor'easter , a large storm with winds that blow in from the northeast, is beginning to hit New England and is supposed to worsen o...

Ivory-billed Woodpecker Video in Question

These are various digital images of Pileated Woodpeckers in flight that I photographed in Florida. A paper in the BMC Biology journal puplis...

Spring Fever

Photo © Lillian Stokes, 2007

Bluebirds!!

On our walk this morning we heard a bluebird singing and spotted a male and female bluebird going in and out of our birdhouses scattered ov...

Finch-Full

American Goldfinches have been coming in droves to our feeders, especially during the cold weather we have been having. Here they are at our...

Minus 8 Degrees

Yes, you read it correctly, it is minus 8 degrees this morning. Our vase of tulips on the windowsill keeps us hopeful that spring will come....