Gone Birding

We've gone birding today. Enjoy the weekend.

Birding Happenings

Chestnut-sided Warbler New Jersey Audubon has a big event this weekend - "Celebrate Spring at the Grand Opening of New Jersey Audubon’...

FOY (first of the year) Hummingbird arrived!

Ruby-throated Hummingbird, male. Yesterday we saw our first hummingbird here at Bobolink Farm our 48 acre NH property. How exciting, and fai...

House Wren

Uh-oh, a House Wren returned from migration last night. Just when we though the competition for nesting boxes couldn't get more fierce, ...

Orchard Oriole feeding

Orchard Orioles are arriving from migration now. We saw this one on the FL coast near Tampa, at birding hotspot Ft. De Soto . There they hav...

Belted Kingfisher

Belted Kingfisher female, the male lacks the rufous color. On our morning walk with the Corgis, we were having fun birding by ear, that is, ...

Visit with Duncraft

Duncraft headquarters Don with Shelby and Mike Dunn We had a fun day yesterday visiting with fellow New Hampshire residents, Mike and his da...

Feeder Friday; Mockingbird Problems

Northern Mockingbirds defend a nesting territory from other mockingbirds and sometimes other bird species. They mimic the sounds of other bi...

Hermit Thrush

Hermit Thrush, side view. Hermit Thrush, back view. A newly arrived Hermit Thrush was giving calls in the evening, here in NH, last night. W...

New Migrants here in NH

Things are popping, migrants arriving, oh so fun!!! Each day we can't wait to find out what new bird we'll see here. No sooner had I...

Blue-headed Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo Yesterday we had a Blue-headed Vireo in our yard singing, the first we have seen this spring. I was first alerted to it by...

Black-tailed Gull

This Black-tailed Gull will appear in the gull section of our new Stokes Field Guide To The Birds Of North America, coming this fall. I phot...

Chipping Sparrow FOY (first of year)

For this Stokes Feeder Friday, I wanted to share this video we took. This morning we had a Chipping Sparrow, FOY, first we've seen of th...

Winter Wren

Is this a candidate for the cutest bird? I think so. Winter Wrens are pocket-sized balls of feathers with super-sized songs that are so long...

Spring Snapshot

Here's a spring snapshot of what is happening on our property now. Our pair of bluebirds are valiantly defending their nest box from the...

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker arrival

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, male, the female looks similar but has a white chin and throat. Migrant birds are continuing to arrive here in sou...

Feeder Friday; Attracting Orioles

Baltimore Oriole Most orioles do not winter in the United States, but return during the breeding season. There are 8 species of orioles that...