This morning I ran over to Bald Eagle State Park to look for any waterfowl put down by all the rain we had received. I … Read More
Red-necked Grebes and Black Scoters at BESP
Since Drew and I are living in the State College area for this year and the next, the posts on this site will be quite … Read More
Summer surveys
The summer has been busy so far, with road road surveys across a 20 county region in central Pennsylvania. Highlights have been Henslow’s Sparrows in … Read More
Blackpoll Migration thru Lancaster County
I felt like I was hearing a lot of Blackpoll Warblers earlier than expected this year so I dug thru some data on eBird and … Read More
Field Birds and a Merlin
I drove around Lancaster County farm fields near New Holland and Leola looking for any field birds I could find. Other birders have reported seeing … Read More
Interesting Herring Gull
Today I spent a few hours searching for interesting gulls near the landfill at Tullytown. Lesser Black-backed Gulls were pretty easy to come by and … Read More
Nest building Gnatcatchers
 Yesterday at Speedwell Forge Park in northern Lancaster County, PA I came across a pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers building a nest and pulling material from … Read More
Disappointing morning at Marsh Creek State Park
I took some time this morning to walk around Marsh Creek’s trails in the hope of finding some warblers and other migrants. To my disappointment, … Read More
Conejohela Flats Avocets
After an early morning of looking for warblers, I got an email about two American Avocets that were hanging out on Avocet Point at Conejohela … Read More