Stokes Feeder Friday: Bird Baths

American Goldfinch, drinking at Stokes Select clamp-on bird bath Summer like weather is here, even though it is May. LIke us, birds get hot ...

Bluebirds mate-feeding & breeding

"Here's a tasty morsel for you, my dear" Birds are in full time breeding mode right now. Many birds do mate-feeding as part of...

Pleased, pleased, pleased to meet 'cha

Chestnut-sided Warbler was singing next to our driveway in a small birch tree next to a big swath of dense, low hemlocks and rhododendrons. ...

Stokes Feeder Friday: Hummingbirds

Ruby-throated Hummingbird, female, at Stokes Select Royal hummingbird feeder . The weather has been crazy here, ranging from a frost last we...

Tree Swallows

This elegant pair of Tree Swallows are breeding in one of our bird houses. This morning they were sitting together on a perch we attached to...

Veery peek-a-boo

Right next to our front door in a big viburnum shrub yesterday, was this Veery, peering out at me. I thought it was just about to ring the d...

Chickadee Fur Fever

We put out fur from our Corgis in a suet basket for nesting birds. This chickadee just went wild over the fur. She couldn't get enough! ...

Oriole OJ

Baltimore Oriole, female. Yesterday I said we can't pay the orioles to come to oranges. Just minutes ago this female Baltimore Oriole sh...

Catbird OJ

Here's a photo of one of our Gray Catbirds enjoying the orange halves we put out on our platform feeder. We have a pair and they just lo...

Phoebe

Phoebe raced through agility tunnel, then sailed over the jumps. She loves agility. She is wise and calm, and had a fling with Scooter, her ...

Rose-breasted Grosbeak, yes!

Ooh, what's not to love with this beautiful, male Rose-breasted Grosbeak at our feeder . It's gotta' be one of our top favorite ...

Marbled Godwit

Here's some Marbled Godwit photos I took in winter in FL. Such a beautiful and unusual looking shorebird. Look at the bright rufous col...

Bluebird Perch

In our garden we have some antique statues of geese on the lawn. Today Mr. Bluebird decided to use them as a hunting perch and he looked com...

Baltimore Oriole, sweet.

We have this lovely Baltimore Oriole coming regularly to our crabapple trees to drink the nectar from the blossoms. Beautiful bird, beautifu...

1, 2, 3, Eider Down!

On our trip to the coast I was watching Common Eiders dive. Eiders can dive down to 60 feet to pick up mollusks and crustaceans from the sea...

Common Eider

Here's a Common Eider, male, photo from our recent trip to the NH coast. More coming soon.