Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Stokes

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We are taking off the rest of the holiday season and will see you all in January 2012! Lillian and Don

CBC, and then a Ruffed Grouse flew up

We just finished doing the southern NH Christmas Bird Count (where teams count all the birds in a given circle) bird census. We had a great ...

Santa Wood Stork, ho-ho-ho

Santa Wood Stork Wood Stork ad., in flight The above photo of a juvenile Wood Stork, resting with its neck feathers fluffed out, reminded me...

Christmas Bird Counts are coming up

What birds will show up to be counted for the annual Christmas Bird Counts about to happen? This Hairy Woodpecker and American Goldfinch are...

Ruffed Grouse

Ruffed Grouse, this photo of mine appears on page 59 of our new The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America I just saw a Ruffed Gro...

Gray Catbird, where are you now?

Gray Catbird where are you now? You breed on our property here in NH, flit conspicuously about our yard, and eat the oranges we put out for ...

Photographing Birds in Flight, Tips

Pileated Woodpecker Roseate Spoonbill Bald Eagle, larger birds are easier to photograph in flight. Groups of birds, such as these Black Skim...

We Garden, Also

Stokes entry garden, pot from lunaform.com in center Border combination includes Yarrow 'Coronation Gold', honeysuckle vine, 'Go...

Birding for Kids

We always try to let kids look through our scope at birds. We just got a nice letter from Jerry Medina, a teacher in Tucson, AZ who is encou...

Tree Sparrows, subtle beauty

American Tree Sparrow American Tree Sparrow, note the central breast dot One of the highlights at our bird feeders now are the newly arrived...

Happy Thanksgiving from Lillian and Don!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!! Give thanks and be grateful for all the birds! Lillian and Don Stokes

Wild Turkey in flight, photo for today

Wild Turkey in flight Wild Turkey flock Here are some turkey photos of a flock, with one flying out. They have the right idea, head for the ...

Turkey photo of the day plus funny bonus photo!

Today's Wild Turkey photo by Lillian, is on page 68 of our new The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America Yup, Gryff - I think...

Baby Wild Turkey photo

Baby Wild Turkey (called a poult) Since this is the week everyone is obsessed with turkeys, I thought I would post a different photo each da...

Winter Feeder birds, bet you didn't know these things about them!

White-winged Crossbills, a winter "irruptive" species What birds can you expect at your bird feeders in winter? Quite a few, if yo...