• Brown Thrasher in Lancaster County (April 2018)

    Eight species of thrashers nest in the United States, but only one is found east of the Mississippi River.

    September 12, 2024
  • Gray Catbird (fledgling) in Dan's yard (August 2024)

    Melissa and I love watching the Gray Catbirds that visit our yard every summer.

    September 5, 2024
  • Eastern Phoebe in Schuylkill County (July 2024)

    Across North and South America, no family of birds has more species than the 441 species of Tyrant Flycatchers.

    August 29, 2024
  • European Starling (immature) in Dan’s yard (August 2024)

    You're probably seeing many young European Starlings in your yard this time of year.

    August 15, 2024
  • Green Heron (juvenile) in Dauphin County (August 2024)

    This little fluffball is a juvenile Green Heron. It hatched from an egg only a few weeks ago, in a stick nest built on a tree branch overhanging a shallow wetland.

    August 8, 2024
  • Least Sandpipers and one Semipalmated Sandpiper in Lancaster County (July 2024)

    Fall migration is underway, and some of the earliest migrants are shorebirds like these Least Sandpipers I found last week. 

    August 1, 2024
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker (juvenile) in Dan’s yard (June 2024)

    I've been enjoying seeing a fledgling Red-bellied Woodpecker visiting my feeders during the last two weeks.

    July 25, 2024
  • Louisiana Waterthrush in Virginia (June 2024)

    The slurred whistles of the Louisiana Waterthrush are quite loud so that other waterthrushes can hear them over the constant noise of water rushing over rocks.

    July 18, 2024
  • Barn Swallow fledglings in North Carolina (June 2024)

    Fledglings are birds that have left the nest but still get parental care. Barn Swallows typically receive only a couple weeks of care before they’re on their own.

    June 27, 2024
  • Wild Turkey in Blount County, Tennessee (June 2024)

    My son Eddie spotted this leucistic Wild Turkey last week while our family was on vacation in the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. 

    June 20, 2024