Sooo Cold, Feeder Friday

Ooh it's soo cold here. The temp. was 10 degrees this morning and the high winds, even gusting to 50 mph, made the wind chill minus 18. ...

Short-eared Owl

I've been thinking about owls because I heard someone talking about them recently. The Short-eared Owl is one of my favorite owls. This ...

January Thaw

Yesterday the temps were in the 40's with rain. So in a few patches of our lawn the snow melted so far you can see green grass. Makes me...

Iceland Gull

Iceland Gull, adult When we went to see the Ivory Gull in Provincetown, MA , we had a double treat. We also found an Iceland Gull. While not...

Suet and Beyond; Stokes Feeder Friday

Suet is the winter manna that can fuel a bird's furnace needs in the coldest weather. That's because suet consists mainly of beef fa...

Squirrel Appreciation Day

Yes, that's what it is, squirrel appreciation day , according to the National Wildlife Federation. There's interesting info on their...

Squirrel Time Out

Squirrel time out.

Red-breasted Merganser, female

While hiking down the beach to find the Ivory Gull, and despairing that it might have flown away, I came across a group of Red-breasted Merg...

Ivory Gull, Yes

Just got back from Race Point Beach, at the tip of Cape Cod in Provincetown, MA, where there was a rare Ivory Gull. When we got there this a...

Robins Migrating, Stokes Feeder Friday

American Robin eating crab apple fruit in our yard. Robin flock wintering in FL drinking out of a puddle. Robin in FL eating the fruits of S...

Eastern Screech-Owl in NH

Eastern Screech-Owl Eastern Screech-Owl at roost hole. While birding the NH coast recently, we came across this Eastern Screech-Owl, that ha...

Baby Hummingbirds Movie by Stokes

We saw the PBS Nature show on Hummingbirds last night and liked it. It inspired us to show you our own footage of baby Violet-crowned Hummin...

Stokes Feeder Friday, Help the Birds in Cold

Tree Sparrow at our feeders. A beautiful little northern sparrow with a rusty crown and central breast dot. It's cold and snowy across m...

Black Skimmer

I was just looking through some of my photo files and came across this head shot of a Black Skimmer. Check out that massive lower mandible, ...

Chickadees singing, "fee-bee" gift.

On our walk with the Corgis yesterday morning, the sun was shining, it was in the 20's and as we approached the pond, we could hear 2 ch...

Don and Lillian Stokes Facebook Page

We've finally taken the plunge and gone full tilt into the "social media". I've written this blog for 4 years, been on Twi...

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all of you. We hope you have a wonderful year filled with beautiful experiences with birds. We had a nice vacation and we ...