"Buh-bye" Ruby-throated Hummers

Ruby-throated Hummingbird One of the last hummingbirds of the season here, tanking up on nectar at our Salvia "Lady in Red", fuel ...

Common Yellowthroat peek-a-boo

Popping up, in the fall foliage, a Common Yellowthroat looked around, then dove down, while the "Karma Corona" Dahlia approved. On...

Stokes Field Guide to Birds of North America Interview in Birder's World Magazine

The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America, coming this Oct. Size, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 816 pages, 3,400 color photos $24.99 publishe...

A Stokes Moment, White-crowned Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow, adult, just perched on our deck, and caused me to drop the phone. I was just on the phone with the publicist, from ou...

Go birding!

Ruby-throated Hummingbird migrant at "Lady in Red" Salvia Red-eyed Vireo Dahlia Hope you get outside this weekend and enjoy the be...

Full Moon Migrants

Full moon last night (photographed at 12,800 ISO with Canon 1D Mark IV, 420 mm hand held) Red-eyed Vireo up close and personal Tennessee War...

Stokes Field Guide Give-Away!

Advance copies just arrived, you can win one! Filled with over 3,400 stunning photos (1000 more than any other photo guide), we give more sp...

And more hawks!

Broad-winged Hawk, adult Broad-winged Hawk, juv. A "kettle" of migrating Broad-winged Hawks And another 1,792 hawks migrated past ...

Record Hawk Migration, 3,417 raptors Pack Monadnock, Sept. 18

3,417, raptors, a record for a day's count, happened over Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory, NH yesterday as the skies filled with hawks...

Reviews, The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America

Hi All, We're getting great reviews and comments on our new, The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America, which is now in stock...

547 Raptors Pack Monadnock, more to come

Broad-winged Hawk, juv., went zipping by in a tuck over our heads yesterday at Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory. Note the illuminated pale ...

Go Hawk Watching Today

Broad-winged Hawk, juv. A "kettle" i.e group of Broad-winged Hawks, plus some Turkey Vultures, rising on a thermal Merlin, a speci...

Surprise! The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America

Hmmm....What could be in the box? Surprise!! It's our new field guide. We just got some advance copies. Big smile, it's like Christm...