Birds on the brain

After the crazy streak of rare shorebirds on upper Falls Lake this fall I realized I had a pretty decent Durham County list going for the y...

Jacob Socolar, Mark Kosiewski, Ali Iyoob, Michael McCloy, Nick Flanders, Paul Tallie, Elisa Enders and I set out on an epic birding trip d...

I joined Tom Krakauer and Ken (whose last name I can’t recall) in Quail Roost up in northern Durham County to help with the Durham Christm...

I finally made it down to New Bern to see the Anna's Hummingbird that has been visiting the Berher's yard (lifer #1539!). It didn...

With the November bird eating competition completed and Frasier Firs going on sale everywhere, the fall is certainly behind us. It has been ...

I started off by going to the Eno River to chase the Great "White" Heron that had been reported. White morph Great Blue Heron ...

I led a group of students from the Duke Student Association of Wetland Scientists (SAWS), Nicnats and the Duke Natural History Society (DNH...

Part of my responsibility as teacher assistant for the Nicholas School of the Environment wetland ecology and management class is to help w...

There have been quite a few recent local reports of Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, a rather rare migrant to North Carolina.  It seems that thi...

Since classes resumed up birding opportunities have been woefully few and far between for me. The coincidence of the fall semester and fall...

A whopping 14 masters students woke up early last Saturday morning and came out to tag along for a bird count with me in the Duke Univers...

By many accounts the past couple weeks have been exceptional for shorebirds on the mudflats at Falls Lake.  No less than 20 species of shore...

The Rachel Carson National Estuarine Sanctuary is a phenomenal birding spot and made for a great break from the August beach crowds.  At hi...

This week I have been down in the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge working  on collecting greenhouse gas samples with the Duke Wetland...

Jacob Socolar found a nesting pair at Anilorac Farm in Orange County while I was out of the country.  As soon as I got a chance, I cruised o...

What?  Two trips to Europe in as many months? Yes, it’s a tough life.  A Society of Wetland Scientists conference brought me to Prague, Cz...

A plethora of fantastic birds, of course, inspired the trip, but it would have been worth it for the beauty of the landscape alone.  From a ...