Birding Acadia National Park, 2

One of the prettiest areas in Acadia National Park is Jordan Pond which looks out over "The Bubbles" twin mountains. Acadia is ve...

Birding Acadia National Park

Just got back from Acadia National Park on Mt. Desert Island, Maine. Here's Don standing on top of the highest mountain there, Cadillac...

Are Hummingbird Numbers Declining, 2008?

Many people have emailed us about their reports of hummingbird population declines in 2007 , and this year, notably Ruby-throated Hummingbir...

Second Broods: Eastern Phoebe

Nestling Eastern Phoebes Being fed by their parent Here are nestling Eastern Phoebes in our barn, here in NH. The nest is on one of the ligh...

Little Foxes & Corgi Magic

Red Fox Phoebe, our own little fox The "fairy saddle" on Phoebe's back More photos of the fox I photographed at Phoebe's (...

Rose-breasted Grosbeak summer

Recently we had a Rose-breasted Grosbeak here at out feeder in NH. This is one of the joys of feeding birds in summer, you never know who...

Ahhh, Summer

Ruby-throated Hummingbird in Bee Balm Ahhh, summer. Go swim, barbecue, canoe, beach, relax, watch the hummers. Enjoy summer. Go have some fu...

Boreal Forest Gets Big Help

Cape May Warbler - 83% of the global population of Cape May Warbler breeds in Canada's Boreal Forest Great news from Canada, the Ontario...

Red Fox

I photographed this Red Fox in May as she hunted the fields at Phoebe's breeders house. I was behind a tree with most of my body hidden ...

Stokes Bird Garden

Entryway through the Amalanchier "Autumn Brilliance" trees which attract Cedar Waxwings, robins and thrushes. Entryway border with...

Garden Time

Our garden is in full bloom now. Here's the hummingbird gazebo that Don built, with pots of Salvia "Lady in Red" flowers. We h...

Bat Concerns

Red Bat ©Lillian Stokes New England bats are in big trouble. A mysterious disease called "white nose syndrome" because many of th...

Hummer Time

Ruby-throated Hummingbird, male Salvia, "Lady in Red" Think hummingbirds. Summer is hummer time. Think about growing red tubular f...

Rare Birds

Black-tailed Gull Rare birds are what hard core birders dream about and often will pay big bucks to go and see. The AP had a story today on ...

Red, White and Blue

Red White and Blue Happy 4th of July, have a great holiday!

Don't Worry

We get lots of questions about nesting birds, especially nesting bluebirds. People cherish their bluebirds and worry about the things they s...

Humming Along

Ok, so yesterday's question was a set-up for the well know joke, "Why do hummingbirds hum? — because they don't know the words....

Hummmmmmmmmmmm

Why do hummingbirds hum? (answer will be tomorrow)