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.

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

Bird identification can be challenging, but few birds are trickier to identify than flycatchers in the genus Empidonax - the genus is often called the "bane of birdwatchers."

This Savannah Sparrow posed nicely for me last week.  They're fairly common across most of North America, but I don't usually get so close to them with my camera.

I was excited to see a Mississippi Kite last week while I was looking for birds in western Pennsylvania. Mississippi Kites usually nest in the southern United States, from Arizona to South Carolina.

I found a grebe nest a few weeks ago, which was a first for me, and it reminded me of how weird grebes are.  The most common grebe in Pennsylvania is the Pied-billed Grebe.