Ho, Ho, Ho

These Corgis are going to pull Santa's sleigh. That's our Phoebe on the right, and her mom, Chanel, on the left. Merry Christmas and...

Happy Winter Solstice

Happy Winter Solstice . Today is the shortest day of the year. From now on there will be increasing light and we will see more of the sun. S...

Snow, Snow, Snow

Tufted Titmouse Hairy Woodpecker, male .....and more snow. That's what's happening here now and that's what's predicted all ...

Cover Girl Phoebe

Hi Blogger Phoebe here, taking over Lillian and Don's blog, News flash, I'm a cover girl. Just got my copy of the Mayflower Pembrok...

Our Christmas Bird Count 2007

One of the highlights of our Christmas Bird Count was the large number of Pine Grosbeaks we saw. I took all the photos for this blog entry...

Winter Wonderland

Don and Phoebe starting our walk. Common Redpolls were at the feeders just at dawn. (digiscoped through the window). Phoebe, our smart Corgi...

108th Christmas Bird Count, Dec.14th to Jan. 5th.

From Ravens in Alaska, to Roseate Spoonbills in south Florida, and those in between, all the birds are counted. Bald Eagle we saw last year ...

More Pine Grosbeaks, Irruptive Species

Pine Grosbeak, russet plumage same bird same bird This Pine Grosbeak is a different individual and has less russet. And the beat goes on.......

Cardinal fire

In the early morning light, this Northern Cardinal that visits our feeders on a daily basis, looks like a red flame. People occassionally as...

Barred Owl, "Who Cooks For You?"

We recently heard a Barred Owl calling from our woods. A friend also reported seeing one fly acroos his driveway. This big, brown-eyed owl ...

Stokes DLS Binoculars, 8x42 and 10x42

Stokes DLS Binocular The Stokes DLS Binoculars , manufactured by Vortex and named after us (DLS stands for Don and Lillian Stokes) "ar...

Snow Scenes

Here are some scenes from the recent snowstorm. We walked out into our big field. We're lucky, we have 45 acres to tromp around on. Don ...