Orange-crowned Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler, photographed in GA in winter. Same Orange-crowned Warbler, photographed in Ohio in May Warblers are usually the last...

Stokes Feeder Friday, Best Squirrel-Proofing

Last week on our "Feeder Friday" blog post, we were discussing squirrels and how to keep them off your bird feeders. Lots of you o...

Baby Turkey

HAPPY THANKSGIVING This is a busy time of year for all. This is turkey week, so here's a cute photo I wanted to share, of a baby Wild Tu...

Stokes Feeder Friday, Squirrels!

Squirrels!!! We had to bring it up. Actually, when you start to talk to people about bird-feeding, as we frequently do, the first topic they...

Snow and Bubbles

Snow Bunting We'll be busy for a few days. Here's some things to look at while we're busy. Snow buntings are migrating now. We h...

Western Kingbird in NH

Western Kingbird, photographed in FL Note the white edge to the tail. Shadow is on bill. In flight shows the white edges to the outermost ta...

Stokes Feeder Friday, Where Are The Birds, Cont.'d

Dark-eyed Junco On our Stokes Feeder Friday, we devote the blog to talking about what's happening at bird feeders and what questions are...

Cackling Geese subspecies in the East

Cackling Goose, hutchinsii subspecies We have been talking about Cackling Geese showing up in the East, see my other blog post here . These ...

Cackling Goose, more

This is the year for Cackling Geese in New England. These small geese mainly breed in AK and arctic areas and winter in a few places in the ...

Black-headed Gull

Went to see the Black-headed Gull in Gloucester, MA yesterday and lucked out; it was there. Here are some digiscoped photos. It's mainly...

Cackling Goose from every angle

Today we went to see the Cackling Goose on the Turner's Falls power canal in Turner's Falls, in western MA., first found by James Sm...