Best of Mt. Desert island, Maine

We had a great trip to Mt. Desert Island last weekend. Some of our favorite things were Acadia National Park with it's spectacular scen...

Herring Gull

Herring Gull, adult Herring Gull Herring Gull and Bald Eagle Speaking of Gulls, another gull that was very plentiful when we were birding in...

Acadia Great Black-backed Gull

Great Black-backed Gull Just got back from Acadia National Park on Mt. Desert Island, ME. Here's a Great-Black-backed Gull that was loun...

Birds; What's happening now?

Semipalmated Plover Semipalmated Plovers are migrating What's happening in the world of birds now? 1. Shorebirds are starting to migrate...

Dragonflies for birders

Halloween Pennant dragonfly, so aptly named, and one of my favorites. Widow Skimmer Widow Skimmer. The most colorful dragonflies with patter...

Field Sparrow, Birding Maine 3

Field Sparrow Field Sparrow The Kennebunk Plains were just an embarrassment of riches when it came to wonderful sparrows. Field Sparrows wer...

Vesper Sparrow, Birding Maine 2

Vesper Sparrow, you can see a hint of the rufous shoulder patch, not often visible. The dark streak coming down off the bill is called the ...

Upland Sandpipers; Birding Maine 1

Upland Sandpiper Kennebunk Plains WMA is over 1000 acres of amazing habitat You must stay on the dirt road as you walk through the habitat W...

Butterflies

Monarch Butterfly Great Spangled Frittillary on Purple Coneflower Close-up Pearl Crescent butterfly. Scores are feeding on white clover on o...

Eastern Kingbird

Eastern Kingbirds nest on the pond by our home. They are large, dark flycatchers, note the white tip to their tail. Mrs. Kingbird was incuba...

Stokes Feeder Friday: Fledglings at the Feeder

Yesterday's post featured a video of a baby Hairy Woodpecker getting fed bird seed by a parent and today we have a video of a baby Downy...

Ah-ha moment for baby Hairy Woodpecker

A Eureka moment. A baby Hairy Woodpecker learns to use the bird feeder. The mother is feeding it hulled sunflower from our bird feeder, how ...

Adirondack Advantage

Eastern Phoebe, left, American Robin, right A good perch = good hunting = successfully raising young. The birds love our adirondack chairs a...

Bird House Air Conditioning

Add an extra roof to keep your bird house cooler. In severely hot weather, if the inside of an Eastern Bluebird bird house gets too hot (abo...

Happy 4th of July Weekend, Red, White & Blue

Northern Cardinal Great Egret Indigo Bunting Flowers from our garden Happy Fourth of July weekend. Hope you see some red, white and blue bir...

Take-off

Mourning Dove taking-off Mourning Dove, juvenal, sitting on the arm of our Adirondack chair I took the above photo of a Mourning Dove taking...