With final exams looming in the week ahead, two other Harvard birders, Harold Eyster and Eamon Corbett, and I decided to attempt big day in … Read More
Peregrine at Harvard
Moving from rural Pennsylvania to college in the city was a big transition for me. Part of this had to do with the birds. My … Read More
Birding Seward, Alaska
We started Wednesday morning by heading towards Lowell Point, a small establishment a few miles south of Seward. The road between Seward and the point … Read More
The 17th Year Feast
Anyone who has stepped outside in New Jersey or eastern Pennsylvania this month has likely heard the cacophony of millions of periodical cicadas that have … Read More
White-rumped Sandpipers in Monroe County
While birding western Monroe County yesterday, Michael David and I found a flock of nine White-rumped Sandpipers with a few Killdeer in a flooded soybean … Read More
Wilson’s Warblers
The Wilson’s Warbler is a relatively uncommon migrant warbler species in this region of Pennsylvania. In addition, their aptitude for staying in dense brush can … Read More
Pink-footed Goose at Lake Muhlenberg
Yesterday, I finally had a chance to check Lake Muhlenberg in Allentown, Lehigh County, PA for the Pink-footed Goose discovered by Scott Burnet on January … Read More
Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, NJ
Last Saturday, I traveled to Barnegat Lighthouse State Park in New Jersey. Although slightly chilly, the sun and lack of wind made the birding conditions … Read More
Harris’s Sparrow in Carbon County
On New Year’s Day, Rich Rehrig found a Harris’s Sparrow along Whitey B. Drive in Carbon County, PA, just a few yards away from the … Read More
Storm Birding
As anyone in the United States should know, a large storm hit the mid-Atlantic last week, bringing strong winds and rain to much of the … Read More