Turkey Week

Note: We have a new look to our blog. It's still the same Stokes Birding Blog and none of the content has changed. Funny thing, some Wil...

Mourning Dove declines?

Mourning Doves We're hearing from folks around NH that some of them think Mourning Dove numbers are down right now. We haven't seen ...

A New Puppy

Our new Pembroke Welsh Corgi , "Abby" Who runs surprisingly well as she tries to keep up with our Corgi, Phoebe. Big dog, little d...

Bald Eagle on TV

We saw a wonderful TV program on the Bald Eagle last night, part of the Nature TV series on PBS. It will be repeated during the week, so ch...

Armchair Birding

Armchair birding is part of a birding life. Recently we decided to rearrange some of our furniture and plunk ourselves in front of our big w...

Moonscape

Last night the moon rose over the mountian of our view. My 500 mm Canon lens was already set-up on the tripod and I couldn't resist taki...

Property Bird #186 White-winged Crossbill

Yesterday we were outside in the garden and heard and saw a small flock of White-winged Crossbills fly overhead. The call was the confirmati...