Local Birds

The Tufted Titmouse is among the cutest of our backyard birds. Their crest makes them seem very expressive.

I've had fun watching this photogenic Red-tailed Hawk this week right outside the Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop in Lancaster.

This week, my son Eddie and I enjoyed watching a flock of 40+ Killdeer flying over a farm field near Lebanon, right at the northern edge of their winter range.

Melissa and I have had a male Hairy Woodpecker and a female Downy Woodpecker visiting our feeders regularly this week.

Melissa and I love watching Gray Catbirds at our feeders each summer. They're not the most colorful of birds, but they're energetic and social.

Red-breasted Nuthatches are irruptive migrants. Learn their nasal call and why these small birds may visit your bird feeders this winter.

I found this flock of House Sparrows in a patch of dust along the side of the road at the beginning of August. It was an entertaining scene.

A juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron turned up along the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. Learn how to identify this uncommon heron.

Listen in Pennsylvania's forests during the summer, and you may hear the persistent song of the Black-throated Green Warbler.

This week we visited Monticello, the historic site and former home of Thomas Jefferson, and met "Rob," an enterprising American Robin.