Birds on the brain

Spotting on the Stormy Petrel II For the second time I enthusiastically jumped at the opportunity to spot on one of  Brian Patteson...

Prudence dictates that I should put a question mark at the end of this post title, especially with a tough ID call like this... ...but ...

Ed Corey, Nick Flanders, Natalia Ocampo-Penuela and I drove down to the Charlotte (pronounced this day with a hard ch- ) area today to see a...

North Carolina's Albemarle Peninsula and Outer Banks make up a world-class birding destination in mid-winter, with waterfowl galore, an...

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 -...