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May 23, 2013A night of strong early migration and th...
Regional Overview In what seems to be a theme recently, migration was broken up over the Northeast by several groups of storms as the high pressure sy... -
May 22, 2013More migration plus scattered storms ove...
Regional Overview It was another night of good migration across the northeastern quarter of the US. Storms slowed down migration in the southeast but ... -
May 21, 2013Strong flight with possible upstate NY f...
Regional Overview Last night was another night of heavy migration. Northward movement was largely unhindered across the eastern US except in western a... -
May 20, 2013ABA Bird of the Year Multimedia Art Cont...
Robert Mortensen has thrown together another one of his classic Bird of the Year videos to announce the Multimedia Art Contest for this year’s b... -
May 18, 2013Leucistic Whimbrel – Eastern Shore...
Earlier today while out birding at the Magothy Bay Natural Area Preserve (eBird checklist) on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, I spotted a very pale b...
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Leucistic Whimbrel ...
Earlier today while out birding at the Magothy Bay Natural Area Preserve (eBird checklist) on the ... -
First Day of Work on t...
Yesterday afternoon I drove down to Kiptopeke, Virginia from State College to start my summer job wi... -
A beautiful blue bird&...
On Saturday, we arrived at the Magee Marsh Boardwalk in the afternoon. The location of a Cerulean Wa... -
Birding Cup 2013 Wrap ...
The 2013 Birding Cup was an interesting one. I was late to the party, driving down from Syracuse to ... -
The Biggest Week 2013:...
This morning PA birder (and honorary Nemesis Birder) Cory DeStein, and I, got an early start out of ... -
The Biggest Week in Am...
The Biggest Week in American Birding is a ten day birding extravaganza in Ohio created by Black Swam... -
Harlequin Duck and Pre...
With a Sunday free from obligations and spring migration kicking into full swing, I joined up with C... -
Delaware Birders robbe...
Editor’s note – 4/4/13 – The identification of this bird is far from settled, and ... -
Heron Hybrid – M...
On March 25th, a very interesting heron was photographed by two birders at Merrrit Island NWR, near ...
Rarities
***MEGA*** Bahama Woodstar...
** Last seen around noon on Wednesday 4/24/2013. Updated at 5:58 pm EST 4/24/2013. An odd hummingbird was reported a couple days ago with initial susp...
Identification
Magnificent Frigatebirds &...
The Magnificent Frigatebird is one of the most well-known seabirds throughout the American tropics. Most recognize this species for the inflatable red...
Trip Reports
Harlequin Duck and Presque...
With a Sunday free from obligations and spring migration kicking into full swing, I joined up with Chad Kauffman and Mike Dreibelbis to head up toward...
Science
First Day of Work on the E...
Yesterday afternoon I drove down to Kiptopeke, Virginia from State College to start my summer job with the Center for Conservation Biology. I have pre...
A night of strong early migration and then storms
Regional Overview In what seems to be a theme recently, migration was broken up over the Northeast by several groups of storms as the high pressure system that brought unseasonably…
More migration plus scattered storms over NY cause fallout
Regional Overview It was another night of good migration across the northeastern quarter of the US. Storms slowed down migration in the southeast but birds still were trying to migrate…
Strong flight with possible upstate NY fallout
Regional Overview Last night was another night of heavy migration. Northward movement was largely unhindered across the eastern US except in western and upstate NY, where are small line of…
ABA Bird of the Year Multimedia Art Contest Announcement
Robert Mortensen has thrown together another one of his classic Bird of the Year videos to announce the Multimedia Art Contest for this year’s bird, the Common Nighthawk. Check it…
Leucistic Whimbrel – Eastern Shore of Virginia
Earlier today while out birding at the Magothy Bay Natural Area Preserve (eBird checklist) on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, I spotted a very pale blonde Whimbrel mixed with about 60 typical…
North winds slow migration in east, tonight could be more of the same
Regional Overview Ohio and western PA saw heavy migration last night but east of there it was much lighter. Light winds from the north and a stationary front sitting over…
Heavy migration everywhere!
Regional Overview Migration was impressive across most of the US last night. Birds were definitely on the move and there was little to stop them. There was a long thin…
Heavy migration with western NY and PA fallout possibility
Regional Overview Migration was very evident on the radar last night, with masses of birds flying north with weather that is finally working in their favor. Storms moved into and…
Another night of storms and strong coastal migration
Regional Overview Last night a large front passed through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast which really slowed migration over most of the region except for the coast and just inland from…
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