Birds on the brain

Last January I posted these targets: 1. Golden Eagle 2. Black Rail 3. Florida Scrub Jay 4. Limpkin 5. Black-bellied Whistling Duck ...

2012 was another great year of birds for me.   I saw 390 species of which 59 were lifers.  These numbers are down a bit from last year ...

When I was trying to come up with a Christmas wish list I jokingly included a couple birds I wanted to see: Evening Grosbeak and Golden Eag...

Here's an old-fashioned ID challenge: Photos taken in Washington County on 12/27/2012. What do you think?

Ed Corey spotted a Say's Phoebe this morning while covering his territory for the Pettigrew Christmas Bird Count. Say's Phoebe -...

Last weekend I was down in Dare County, NC with Jeff Pippen and a group of Duke graduate students when we saw this bird in the pond at the B...

After watching Duke handle Winston-Salem State last night in an exhibition basketball game I was walking through Krzyzewskiville to meet my...

 Last week I was out in the Duke University SWAMP helping lead a field trip for the Wetlands Ecology and Management class.  I had ...

Last weekend after a few days of field work at Lake Mattamuskeet, I squeezed in a bit of birding.  My partner in crime was a master's ...

Last weekend I went over to the Prairie Ridge Ecostation to try my hand at some bird banding. I had not handled a live bird for fi...