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eBird Tips & Tricks: Have checklists shared automatically!

Our birding tours are thoroughly documented through eBird checklists by our guides….

Red Knots on the Delaware Bayshore

May is a month when millions of shorebirds undertake a tremendous migratory…

Marsh Magic at Dixon Meadow Preserve

Build it and they will come.  This rings true at Dixon Meadow…

IN THE BACKYARD : Philadelphia late-April

The last two weeks of April highlight how spring has sprung in…

A First and Second in Pennsylvania

The weekend of April 10-11 was an exciting one for Pennsylvania birders,…

IN THE BACKYARD : Philadelphia early-April

April started off cold and windy around Philadelphia. It didn’t feel much…

Early breeding warblers

As spring migration marches steadily up the Atlantic flyway, three of our…

*Apparent* Gray-breasted Martin in NYC!

On April 1st Doug Gochfeld discovered an immature female Progne martin species…

IN THE BACKYARD : Philadelphia in March

March is a month of transition, as winter melts into spring, and…

Osprey eagle skirmish

On this beautiful sunny Saturday, I drove over to one of my…

California Condors returning to northern CA!

Some very exciting news from the US Fish & Wildlife Service and…

ABA adds exotic parrot

The American Birding Association (ABA) has just added 3 birds to the…

Pink-footed in Providence!

Toward the end of February, a rare Pink-footed Goose made a brief…

Blizzard of Snow Geese at Middle Creek WMA

This weekend I spent several afternoons birding and photographing at Middle Creek…

Birding Urban Edges

Today I enjoyed a unique opportunity to bird the water treatment facility…

IN THE BACKYARD : Philadelphia in February

After a mild January, February jolted us into winter reality with repeated…

Great Backyard Bird Count Weekend

The 24th annual Great Backyard Bird Count wrapped up with impressive citizen-science…

Make Your Birds Count!

This week marks the 24th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), a…

Thick-billed Murres on the move!

On the heals of a rush of Dovekie sightings along the New…

IN THE BACKYARD : Philadelphia in January

After last month’s excitement of the long staying Allen’s Hummingbird in the…

Floreana Mockingbird – the rarest of the 4 Galapagos mockingbirds!

I’m slowly trying to catch up on photo editing from the past…

Tropical Kingbird in Maine!

There’s nothing better to pull a birder out of the mid-summer doldrums…

A Year of Birding with Gabriel Lugo!

My name is Gabriel Lugo, and for nearly 15 years, I’ve had…

SPRING 2024 BIRDING TRIP REPORTS

Our birding tours have been running at full speed this spring! Catch…

Tropical Kingbird in Cape May!

Tropical Kingbird has an infamous aversion to New Jersey, but finally Cape…

ZIMBABWE PHOTO SAFARI

If you’ve ever dreamed of photographing big cats, elephants, and birds on…

Aerial Display

Leaping from the top of a tall column. Soaring straight up into…

Backyard Bounty

June brings a bustle of avian activity to my suburban Philadelphia backyard….

Ocean City Summer Spectacle

Ocean City New Jersey is a favorite summer destination for surf, sand,…

“Kamchatka” Common Gull in Connecticut!

Patrick Dugan discovered a stunning adult “Kamchatka” Common Gull on February 10th…