Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Stokes

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We are taking off the rest of the holiday season and will see you all in January 2012! Lillian and Don

CBC, and then a Ruffed Grouse flew up

We just finished doing the southern NH Christmas Bird Count (where teams count all the birds in a given circle) bird census. We had a great ...

Santa Wood Stork, ho-ho-ho

Santa Wood Stork Wood Stork ad., in flight The above photo of a juvenile Wood Stork, resting with its neck feathers fluffed out, reminded me...

Christmas Bird Counts are coming up

What birds will show up to be counted for the annual Christmas Bird Counts about to happen? This Hairy Woodpecker and American Goldfinch are...

Ruffed Grouse

Ruffed Grouse, this photo of mine appears on page 59 of our new The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America I just saw a Ruffed Gro...

Gray Catbird, where are you now?

Gray Catbird where are you now? You breed on our property here in NH, flit conspicuously about our yard, and eat the oranges we put out for ...

Photographing Birds in Flight, Tips

Pileated Woodpecker Roseate Spoonbill Bald Eagle, larger birds are easier to photograph in flight. Groups of birds, such as these Black Skim...