Birds in Superstorm Sandy, what happened to them?

Magnificent Frigatebird First of all, our hearts go out to the many who suffered losses and are without power due to Hurricane Sandy, rename...

Leucistic Pine Siskin

Leucistic Pine Siskin, bottom left, had a whitish head and is paler than the normal Pine Siskins above it. Female Purple Finch is on bottom ...

Gray Ghost Meets Chocolate Falcon

This Northern Harrier, male soared by here yesterday, very thrilling for us. Dubbed the "gray ghost" by some birders, the male Nor...

Wood Sandpiper rarity fun plus video with Canon SX 40 HS

Wood Sandpiper 1 Wood Sandpiper 2 This is how far we were away from it when viewed through the camera. Wood Sandpiper 3 same photo, cropped ...

Eastern Red Bat photo in flight!

Eastern Red Bat Eastern Red Bat Eastern Red Bat Just in time for Halloween, a bat appeared in our yard yesterday. I just photographed this m...

Rare Wood Sandpiper in RI is in The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America!

Wood Sandpiper page from The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America . Lesser Yellowlegs, might be confused with Wood Sandpiper. Th...

Evening Grosbeaks, Irrupting, Coming Your Way Too!

We keep telling you the big news in birding circles is this is going to be a big irruptive year for certain birds. It's true for Evening...

Lots of Pine Siskins Here, More Coming Your Way.

How many Pine Siskins can fit in one feeder? Line up for the bird barh. Had over 60 Pine Siskins here yesterday. They are coming your way, t...

Misty Morning Moose

This morning at dawn, we looked out our bedroom window and saw this moose walking across our field into our shrub area, following close behi...

Ruby-crowned Kinglets are migrating now!

We're seeing a lot of Ruby-crowned Kinglets migrating through here right now. They're a cute, very small bird, as hyper as a warbler...

Amazing Nuthatch Photos!!

White-breasted Nuthatch, male Red-breasted Nuthatch, male Check out these amazing photos of Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches. Ther...

Northern Harrier, raptors still migrating

Had a Northern Harrier fly over our fields, plus had 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks in our yard this morning, scaring the feeder birds. Hawk migratio...

Pine Siskin Invasion is Starting!!

Pine Siskins at our feeders Update, just took this photo today, there are 50 plus siskins in our yard. Pine Siskins have started invading Ne...

Sparrow ID at Your Bird Feeder, New Way

White-throated Sparrows,  Zonotrichia albicollis , come in two morphs. One morph has brown head stripes, as here; the other morph has black-...