The bird watching adventures of Sharon Stiteler.

More Signs of Winter Bird Life, written 7 hours ago, When I walked in the state park yesterday evening, I saw more evidence that the local bird population is shifting from summer to winter avifauna. A few days ago, I saw my first yellow-rumped warblers, ruby-crowned kinglets, and golden-crowned king...

Winter finch forecast, written 3 weeks ago, The most recent winter finch forecast from Ron Pittaway has just been posted. I'll analyze it later to see what it means for finches in Pennsylvania this winter. GENERAL FORECAST This winter's theme is where will crossbills go and will they irrupt south? B...

Stonechat, Serpentine BP, written 2 weeks ago, This Stonechat was among many migrant warblers and thrushes in the morning.Stonechat Saxicola rubicolaBrian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x20

Towhees In The Mist, written 1 week ago, It rained most of last weekend but not enough to make me stay indoors. I took the blue trail into the Cockaponsett Forest from the Beaver Meadow Road entrance in Haddam. I'm not that familiar with this stretch of woods, although I did camp there once when I w...

Testing tips, written 2 weeks ago, In our October issue, we test seven mini-scopes. As always, though, our survey is only intended as a guide, and we strongly recommend that you try as many models as possible before you buy. With that in mind, here are our tips when buying any optics...If you can, a...

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Cleared and Packing, written 16 hours ago, Well, the news is indeed good. My cardiologist called this morning to report that the preliminary results from my stress test showed no problems that would prevent me from boarding a jet to Panama this coming Monday. To be honest, I was a bit worried. The c...

Cleared and Packing, written 16 hours ago, Well, the news is indeed good. My cardiologist called this morning to report that the preliminary results from my stress test showed no problems that would prevent me from boarding a jet to Panama this coming Monday. To be honest, I was a bit worried. The c...

Asian Brown Flycatcher with Brown-throated Sunbird, written 2 days ago, This Brown-throated Sunbird try to make friend with migrant Asian Brown Flycatcher

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Spurn, written 1 week ago, I hadn't been to the coast since May, and now I've been two weekends in a row… Today I've been on a daytrip to Spurn with the Sheffield Bird Study Group, and a great day it was too. The day started with a flyover V of pink-footed geese, the first of literally thousands t...

Loon Baby with Fish, written 3 weeks ago, .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Loon Baby with Fish, originally uploaded by Michael A. Nelson. Here is another shot I c...

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In Sacramento, written 5 hours ago, and what an adventure it's been. But everyone is here and in one piece. I think the only casualty so far is one shoe. (My drive came up one shoe short!) We'll see what all the movers lose or break. In the meantime, here's some falconry diversion. A great clip from...

Wordless Wednesday 10/8/08, written 3 days ago, Falcon Sphinx Moth Caterpillar

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Winter finch forecast, written 3 weeks ago, The most recent winter finch forecast from Ron Pittaway has just been posted. I'll analyze it later to see what it means for finches in Pennsylvania this winter. GENERAL FORECAST This winter's theme is where will crossbills go and will they irrupt south? B...

Festival time, written 3 days ago, Here is the bill boardWell after a solid year of very hard work. It is here our 6th Annual Georgia's Colonial Coast Birding & Nature Festival. Birders, birds and good times. More as I get a chance to update.