Turkey Week

Note: We have a new look to our blog. It's still the same Stokes Birding Blog and none of the content has changed. Funny thing, some Wil...

Mourning Dove declines?

Mourning Doves We're hearing from folks around NH that some of them think Mourning Dove numbers are down right now. We haven't seen ...

A New Puppy

Our new Pembroke Welsh Corgi , "Abby" Who runs surprisingly well as she tries to keep up with our Corgi, Phoebe. Big dog, little d...

Bald Eagle on TV

We saw a wonderful TV program on the Bald Eagle last night, part of the Nature TV series on PBS. It will be repeated during the week, so ch...

Armchair Birding

Armchair birding is part of a birding life. Recently we decided to rearrange some of our furniture and plunk ourselves in front of our big w...

Moonscape

Last night the moon rose over the mountian of our view. My 500 mm Canon lens was already set-up on the tripod and I couldn't resist taki...

Property Bird #186 White-winged Crossbill

Yesterday we were outside in the garden and heard and saw a small flock of White-winged Crossbills fly overhead. The call was the confirmati...

Waterfowl Survey NH

This weekend we went birding and participated in a waterfowl survey of southwestern NH, organized by Phil Brown of NH Audubon. Several birde...

SNOW BUNTINGS IN NH

Snow Bunting Flock More birds on the move in NH are Snow Buntings. A large flock of 300 was recently seen by birders at Hampton Beach State ...

Hoodies!!

Hooded Mergansers, female on right, male on left Male with his "hood" raised We keep a spotting scope set-up right next to our liv...

Birding for Kids

We love to encourage kids to get involved in birding activities. Kids who are interested and informed about birds become the conservation le...

Election Day

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Birds in flight

The American Museum of Natural History in New York, has an exhibit called "On Feathered Wings: Birds In flight, A Spectacular Photogr...