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AOU Field Trip to Delaware

I led an all day field trip with George Armistead, along with…

Galapagos Islands Adventure 2009 – Part 2

Gardner Bay on the northeast side of the island of Espanola offers…

Galapagos Islands Adventure 2009 – Part 1

Quito, the capital of Ecuador, means “Center of the Earth” in one…

August Photo Quiz – Backyard Birds Answers

Well, it was not that bad was it? Actually all four birds…

Galapagos Penguin Experience

This is just a teaser for the forthcoming series of posts from…

AOU Meeting in Philadelphia

The AOU is in town! The American Ornithologists’ Union 127th annual meeting…

Birding Rte 9 in Northern Delaware to Bombay Hook

Marty and I headed south to Delaware early this morning in a…

Hummingbird? Bumblebee? Hawk Moth

I spent some time yesterday trying to track down daytime flying clearwing…

Avocets have Arrived

The sexes in American Avocets (above) can be separated by the upturn…

Nictitating Membrane

The most important sense that birds possess is vision. Their extraordinary eyesight…

August Photo Quiz – Backyard Birds

You can have a little fun identifying these 4 images taken in…

Creating a Wildlife Garden: Cover

Cover is the last of the four requirements that are needed to…

Creating a Wildlife Garden: Nest Sites

Another easy step that can be taken to create a wildlife garden…

The Cardinal Rule

I was watching a young cardinal, hopping around the lawn amongst other…

Creating a Wildlife Garden: Water

Continuing with the theme of creating a wildlife garden, can there be…

Creating a Wildlife Garden: Food

Creating a wildlife garden can be one of the easiest and most…

Icteria, Icterus, Ikteros

It is not often that I get to see an oriole in…

Behavior: Mockingbird Wing-flashing

It is nice to see that the berries in the yard, planted…

A Robin Bathing

On this hot day birds were lining up to take a bath….

A Starling gets its Spots

This immature European Starling (above) is beginning to molt from its juvenile…

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…

Alex’s 2021 Highlights

As we are about to close out 2021 and start touring all…

Pale Eurasian Collared-Doves

Out of the dozens of bird species introduced to the Americas, none…

Hybrid Couch’s/Tropical Kingbird x Scissor-tailed Flycatcher plus a bonus Bullock’s Oriole!

Since we are up in New Hampshire for Thanksgiving Lauren diBiccari, Janel…

World Tourism Day

World Tourism Day celebrated every September 27, was established to create awareness…