Eastern Towhee migrant

And here's another recent migrant, an Eastern Towhee, male, hanging out on our shrub penisula, and area behind the bird feeder that we s...

Lincoln's Sparrow migrant

Recently we had this Lincoln's Sparrow migrant stop by our yard. This species breeds in Canada's Boreal Forest, not near us in south...

Phoebe Hawk Watch/Pet Fest

Blogger Phoebe here, You've been listening to Lillian and Don tell you about their hawk watching fun. Well let me tell you about my hawk...

And More Highlights

The biggest numbers of Broad-winged Hawks went over Pack Monadnock on Thursday 9/18. At one point, we had a kettle of 300 plus broadwings wi...

More Highlights

I was giving another photograher tips for photographing hawks in flight while we were all watching the hawks migrate. Big tip — get on the b...

Hawk Watch Highlights

We had quite a week hawkwatching last week. Tuesday 9/16 there were 980 hawks, Wednesday 9/17 there were 860 hawks and Thursday 9/18, ther...

More Hawks.....

Peregrine Falcon Broad-winged Hawk, juvenile, against cloudy sky It was low clouds without strong thermals I saw the skies west of us and sa...

Gone Hawk Watching

Ospreys, Broad-winged Hawks and other raptors will be migrating today. Conditions are perfect today for hawk migration in New England. There...

Perfect Storm - for hawks?

Tomorrow could be the 'perfect storm' (perfect weather conditions) for hawkwatching if you live in New England. Today, with strong (...

1541 Hawks!

Yesterday we had a fabulous day hawkwatching at Pack Mondanock Raptor Migration Observatory in southern NH. A thrilling 1,541 hawks passed ...

Cooper's!

At about 7:45 am this morning, I went to the coffee pot and looked out the window at "pinnacle rock," a big rock next to the house...

2 Mississippi Kite nests in NH

Speaking of raptors, the news is that there are not 1 but 2 Mississipi Kite nests in Newmarket, NH. The first nest was well visited all sum...

Hawk Migration starting

Broad-winged Hawk 'Tis the season for migrating hawks. In the eastern part of the country, expect most of the Broad-winged Hawks to clea...

Golden Moment

Saw this lovely Black-throated Green Warbler, its golden face gleaming from the now lower light of the fall sun. Beautiful moments like this...

And Even More Nighthawks

Last night, had 82 migrating Common Nighthawks as we sat on the deck and counted. Grabbed the camera and got some of my best nighthawk phot...

Take-Off

This morning a wave of little warbler migrants in our yard. Caught this Chestnut-sided Warbler just as it took off.