Painted Bunting in Flight

Told you I love Painted Buntings. I anticipated take-off just as it left the perch.

Painted Bunting

I just love Painted Buntings, that's why my photo of one is on the cover of our new ' The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North A...

More Photos from "Ding"

And here are some more of my photos from Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel, FL. You'll be seeing a lot of them, from me, this winter. I was knee...

Ding Darling Magic

Today we went to Ding Darling National Wildife Refuge , on Sanibel Island, FL, (where we will be for the winter) and there were spectacular ...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Stokes

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We are taking off the rest of the holiday season and will see you all in January 2012! Lillian and Don

CBC, and then a Ruffed Grouse flew up

We just finished doing the southern NH Christmas Bird Count (where teams count all the birds in a given circle) bird census. We had a great ...

Santa Wood Stork, ho-ho-ho

Santa Wood Stork Wood Stork ad., in flight The above photo of a juvenile Wood Stork, resting with its neck feathers fluffed out, reminded me...