Bird Names

Northern Cardinal Yellow-rumped Warbler Palm Warbler, FL in winter Someone just asked us how a bird got its name. Birds were named by the fi...

Evening Grosbeaks Drinking

And then, after dining at our tray bird feeder, they washed it down with a drink. Glad we keep the bird bath available. Photo © Lillian Stok...

Evening Grosbeaks

Recently we had this Evening Grosbeak pair at our tray feeder, (female left, male right). Such dramatic birds, with their large, no-seed-is-...

Great Egret

This Great Egret is in breeding plumage, where it gets that amazing lime-green color on the area between its eye and the base of its bill, ...

John Deere Wren

Our friends had a House Wren nesting in this wonderful tractor weathervane sculpture Scott made. It was so cute! Every time it came in to fe...

Red-Cockaded Woodpecker, Endangered Species

Red-cockaded Woodpeckers only nest in a specific habitat of longleaf pines. Much destruction of that habitat has lead to them becoming an e...

Hummer

This little, male Ruby-throated Hummingbird comes to our feeder, only 5 ft. away from us, as we sit on the deck every day. We sit very still...

Duck

On the lighter side- LS - "Phoebe, do you know there are ducks behind you?" PS - "Don't bother me, I'm busy staring d...

There Can Be Hope

On a less positive note, see the article below. You can help by helping preserve land and joining conservation organizations on the personal...

American Woodcock

Another photo op while we were at Crane Creek/Magee marsh this spring, was this American Woodcock who was feeding right off the boardwalk....

Snapping Turtle

When I was on the boardwalk watching warblers at Crane Creek, warbler guru Jon Dunn, who was there leading a group, came running up to me an...

Winter Wren

I photographed this cute Winter Wren when we were at Crane Creek. It hoped quickly around the fallen logs like the energizer bunny on caffei...

Blogger Phoebe

Don't tell Lillian I'm at her computer doing my own blog entry. Enough about birds and the Stokes, there should be more about me! Sp...

Camo Killdeer

While we were at Crane Creek recently, there were so many other birds we saw besides the warblers. This Killdeer, go figure, choose to nest...

Flower Power

On this rainy Monday, while we are hard at work inside on our Stokes National Field Guide to North American Birds, thought I'd show you ...

Boreal Forest Needs Help

Bay-breasted Warbler Magnolia Warbler For many of those beautiful little warblers that we all watch and enjoy on migration, the Boreal Fores...