Young Male Hummingbird

We saw this young, male Ruby-throated Hummingbird at our feeder recently. You can see a few red feathers growing on his throat. Eventually h...

400 More Common Nighthawks

Common Nighthawk, migrating Common Nighthawk at dusk. Note long, thin, pointed wings, white bar near center of outer wing. Continuing with o...

Nighthawks, Yes!

Common Nighthawk, migrating Don, Lois and Leon counting nighthawks, Phoebe is resting Our wishes came true and last night was a great Common...

Common Nighthawks Migrating

At sunrise this morning at our property, Bobolink Farn in southern NH, we're hopeful that this will be the night when we see lots of Com...

Black Tern Magic

Black Tern, adult winter plumage, photographed 8/23/07 Black Tern, adult summer plumage, photographed here, 6/25/05 Common Nighthawks were m...

Mourning Dove

Out my window just a few moments ago, this Mourning Dove stops for a drink. Scenic, because the pink and white coneflowers are still in bloo...

Tidepool

Common Eiders Swimmming click on video to watch eiders and hear the ocean While we were birding at Acadia National Park, Maine, and wat...

Eiders, Acadia National Park

We continued on the drive through Acadia National Park and found some Common Eiders in the water below the rocky cliffs. This is a male Com...

More Maine

If you have dinner on the patio shown in the last post, as we did, make sure and bring your binoculars. You can look out over the harbor and...

Maine

We went to Maine for a much needed break, and had a wonderful time. We started in Bar Harbor, a beautiful town on Mt. Desert Island, which o...

Migration

Some migration is beginning already. Look for shorebirds, hummingbirds, a few warblers, nighthawks, and even some raptors to be migrating. W...

Changing Clothes

Here's a photo you won't find in any field guide. This is a White-breasted Nuthatch who is molting its feathers, and it's not pr...

Western Reef-Heron, Again

Western Reef-Heron A Western Reef-Heron showed up again this summer, first seen briefly in South Amboy, NJ on June 30th, then appeared in t...

Butterfly Beauty

American Lady Butterfly, told by the two eye spots on underside of the hindwing Great Spangled Fritillary on Purple Coneflower Monarch Butte...

Bee Grateful

Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Bee Balm Bumblebee at Bee Balm Ruby-throated Hummingbirds aren't the only things with wings that are attra...