On The Move: Fox Sparrows! Look For Them!

Fox Sparrow taken at our feeder in NH Note rufous color on body and tail This individual has a prominent breast dot Migration update - Fox S...

Birders: The Central Park Effect, a must see, get the DVD.

 Blackburnian Warbler and Nashville Warbler, two of the beautiful birds shown in the documentary, Birders: The Central Park Effect. Just saw...

One Good Tern: Common Tern in Sanibel, FL, in Winter!

Common Tern, juv./1st winter seen on Sanibel FL beach, note the dark carpal bar on the wing. Here's another view, the solid dark on the ...

What Was Your First Bird of the Year?

Red-shouldered Hawk, adult Ours was a Red-shouldered Hawk, calling at dawn. It's always so exciting to think you have another whole year...

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...

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...

Dickcissel, in SW New Hampshire!

Dickcissel, 1st yr. female landed in a shrub behind our bird feeder. Photos taken with the Canon SX 40 HS, from a distance, with superzoom, ...

Shorebirds Are Migrating Now!

Semipalmated Plovers, top two photos, are migrating Sanderlings resting during migration Large group of migrant shorebirds including Semi-pa...

Stokes in Birds and Blooms Magazine

We're in the current issue of Birds & Blooms magazine. Here are some of our blooms, Cleome and Verbena Bonariensis (loved by humming...

Butterflies for Birders!

When the birding slows down look for butterflies! Here's a Monarch Butterfly. They lay their eggs on milkweed and their caterpillars fee...

Turkey photo of the day plus funny bonus photo!

Today's Wild Turkey photo by Lillian, is on page 68 of our new The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America Yup, Gryff - I think...