Prime Time for Hawk MIgration Now

Hawk migration is happening now Broad-winged Hawk, adult. Has thick, black-and-white tail bands. The hawks are coming! The hawks are coming!...

Learn to ID Juvenile Hawks in Flight

Juvenile Hawks in Flight Broad-winged Hawk, juvenile It ain't easy to ID juvenile hawks. It ain't always easy to indentify adult haw...

Buff-breasted Sandpiper, NH

Yesterday I photographed this Buff-breasted Sandpiper on the NH coast, a very cool shorebird and an unusual bird for coastal NH. It was walk...

Whimbrel flies through Hurricane Irene

Whimbrel, a large, long-billed shorebird who breeds in Alaska, Canada and the Arctic Major storms like Hurricane Irene present serious probl...

Ruby-throated Hummingbirds

Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Salvia "Black and Blue" flowers Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Stokes Select Deluxe Hummingbird Feeder ...

What's happening with birds in August

Hummingbirds are migrating big-time in August and into Sept. This Ruby-throated Hummingbird is visiting our Lady-in-Red Salvia. Both adult h...

Indigo Bunting Beauty

Indigo Bunting, male Just can't get enough of Indigo Buntings! Lucky us, this one showed up at our bird feeders this morning. Dew drops ...