Not quite as cooperative as the Buff-breasted Sandpiper, the Whimbrel enjoyed skulking, always on the opposite end of Avocet Point where we were. This was … Read More
Buff-breasted Sandpiper on the flats
Conejohela Flats once again produced some good shorebirds for me. A previously reported Whimbrel was still hanging out on Avocet Point and was the first … Read More
Wheel Bug: a Bee Killer
Today in the garden, I found a wheel bug (Arilus cristatus) that had just caught a bee in the backyard. I got a few pictures, … Read More
Lepidopteracide
I was walking around my butterfly bush/sneezeweed/salvia garden and I happened across an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, caught in a spiderweb. The spider was already working … Read More
Birthday Pelagic
Three hours after waking up and driving 140 miles east to the coast, we set off at 5 AM from the marina at Belmar, NJ. … Read More
Backyard Butterflies
All the plants I put in my hummingbird garden this spring are attracting good numbers of butterflies.The popular plants are the butterfly bush, sneezeweed, and … Read More
I and the Bird #82
The newest edition of IatB is online at Sycamore Canyon, hosted by Kathie, a birder/blogger from the Santa Rita Mountains in Arizona. Check it out!
Birding Octorara Lake
Octorara Lake in southern Lancaster County is an excellent spot for birding any time of the year, but the really great birding is the spring … Read More
Western vs Semipalmated Sandpiper
Much has been written about the identification of Semipalmated and Western Sandpipers. Most of it focuses on minutia, those little differences in plumage that are … Read More
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