I took some distance shots of the Red-necked Phalarope that is in a flooded field on Evansville Rd in Berks County. Pretty far away for … 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
Western Meadowlark at Lykens
I took a drive up into Dauphin County today to check out the Western Meadowlark and was not disappointed. As soon as I got there … 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
Migration schabang
Today seemed like the first real good day of spring migration, with a huge influx of new species. On a walk around Lancaster County Central … Read More
Harris’s Sparrow and Yellow-headed Blackbird
I ran over to Creek Rd before work this morning to look for the Yellow-headed Blackbird and to see if the Harris’s Sparrow was still … Read More
Harris’s Sparrow
Tom Raub took this photo of the Harris’s Sparrow. More info and directions can be found on the pa listserv or at birdingonthe.net. I posted … Read More
Warblers returning
I made a couple stops today and managed to see or hear five species of warblers. At Evansburg State Park I heard Louisiana Waterthrush, and … Read More
Birding archives: predictions from 1994
I recently received about 15 years of old Birding magazines and in reading through them I came across an article in the February 1994 issue … Read More