Short-earred Owl

The Short-eared Owl is one of my favorite owls. This medium-sized owl lives in open habitats, such as tundra, grasslands, fields, marshes, p...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!! Have a great Holiday! Lillian and Don

Winter Bird-Feeding Tips, How to Keep Your Birds Happy

Goldfinches Here's Some Advice on Winter Bird Feeding Basics Brrrrrrr!  When winter temperatures plummet, furnaces are turned on, down p...

Say's Phoebe, First State Record for NH!

It was way far away and had flown behind the other side of the buildings and the chain link fence. Don is looking for it. Just got back from...

Pine Grosbeaks, plus video, Wow!

For most of yesterday we had two female Pine Grosbeaks (the males are mostly red) hanging out in our "Prairie Fire" crabapple tree...

Yellow-breasted Chat in NH!

There's a Yellow-breasted Chat in New Hampshire, a surprise bird, out of it's usual range. We went to see this cool warbler Sun., in...

Red-breasted Nuthatches are irrupting too! Are you seeing them?

Red-breasted Nuthatch, female, has a gray cap Red-breasted Nuthatch, male, has a black cap Another bird we are getting at our feeders is Red...

Video of Birds At Suet in Snowstorm Athena, cool!

Snowstorm Athena is here today in NH and the birds are chowing down on the suet feeder. Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers, White-breasted and Red-...

Red, White and Blue Bird, Please Vote!!

When I saw 6 Eastern Bluebirds in our field this morning I was struck by how their red, white and blue colors are our patriotic colors, like...

Vote Tomorrow!!!

Bald Eagle Bald Eagle Voting is a privilege and your right, please everyone, go out and vote tomorrow. When you do, consider voting for offi...

Which Birds Are Most At Risk and How You Can Help!

Reddish Egret Loggerhead Shrike Snowy Plover Red Knot Painted Bunting, these are all on the lists of birds most a risk. There's an amazi...

Feeder Birds in Hurricane Sandy Video

I took this video, with my Canon SX 40 HS point-and-shoot superzoom camera,  from inside the house, through the slightly open glass slider, ...