Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July From Lillian and Don And Phoebe, too! Photos © Lillian Stokes, 2007

More Stokes Garden

As we said yesterday, here are additional photos of our garden, which is featured in the current issue of Birder's World Magazine . Some...

Stokes Garden in Birder's World Magazine

Entrance to Stokes Bird Garden A feature story on our bird garden appears in the current issue of Birder's World Magazine , complete wi...

Bird Names

Northern Cardinal Yellow-rumped Warbler Palm Warbler, FL in winter Someone just asked us how a bird got its name. Birds were named by the fi...

Evening Grosbeaks Drinking

And then, after dining at our tray bird feeder, they washed it down with a drink. Glad we keep the bird bath available. Photo © Lillian Stok...

Evening Grosbeaks

Recently we had this Evening Grosbeak pair at our tray feeder, (female left, male right). Such dramatic birds, with their large, no-seed-is-...

Great Egret

This Great Egret is in breeding plumage, where it gets that amazing lime-green color on the area between its eye and the base of its bill, ...