Category Archives: Birding

Leucistic Whimbrel flying with typical Whimbrel (Photo by Alex Lamoreaux)

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…

I was surprised to spot this well-worn Red Knot while scoping through a flock of Short-billed Dowitchers - a species I hadn't seen at this location when I worked here in 2010. (Photo by Alex Lamoreaux)

First Day of Work on the Eastern Shore!

Yesterday afternoon I drove down to Kiptopeke, Virginia from State College to start my summer job with the Center for Conservation Biology. I have previously worked for the CCB capturing…

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Biggest Week 2013: Day 1 photo highlights

You have probably already read my summary of my first day at the Biggest Week, but were wondering where all the photos were. Well, here they are!  Check out the…

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A beautiful blue bird….Cerulean Warbler at the Biggest Week!

On Saturday, we arrived at the Magee Marsh Boardwalk in the afternoon. The location of a Cerulean Warbler was tweeted earlier in the day, and I had hoped to track…

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The Biggest Week: Day 2!

After hitting up “Birds and Beers” last night at the Maumee Bay State Park Conference Center, and running on only a few hours of sleep from the previous night, I…

The Nemesis Birders - photo by Craig Miller

Birding Cup 2013 Wrap up

The 2013 Birding Cup was an interesting one. I was late to the party, driving down from Syracuse to meet Alex, Ian and Nate at around midnight. They had an…

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The Biggest Week 2013: Day 1!

This morning PA birder (and honorary Nemesis Birder) Cory DeStein, and I, got an early start out of PA for our 6 hour drive to Black Swamp Bird Observatory’s Biggest…

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Birding Cup 2013 – LIVE UPDATES

The Birding Cup is over and we won! Check out a summary here.

Orange-crowned Warbler (Photo by Alex Lamoreaux)

Springtime Orange-crowned Warbler – Centre County, PA

This year’s spring migration has been slow (at times painfully slow) here in central Pennsylvania. If you have been following Drew’s daily radar posts then you’ll know why – north…

Bahama Woodstar  ©  Chris Bortz

***MEGA*** Bahama Woodstar, Lancaster PA

** 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 suspicion that it could be…

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