Monthly Archives: November 2018

Following a really quiet nine days, today things were jumping!  Most of the activity was in the Town of Liberty on Tazman Road.  I headed up county this morning as snow was falling lightly and it made for a beautiful … Continue reading →

I haven’t posted in some time. The reason has been that after my last post extolling the great birding of the last number of weeks, the birds vaporized! The deep freeze of Thanksgiving morning (zero) and continued deep freeze for … Continue reading →

The theme of birding this fall seems to be long staying birds.  Many of the birds have been special as they are birds we often see few of, and which take off as fast as they are found.  This weeks … Continue reading →

I just checked the reports around the state today.  The winter finches are moving our way with some of the highest counts in some time being seen today.  Evening Grosbeaks 37, 53, 68, 72!  Bohemian Waxwings 98! (one location) Common … Continue reading →

This morning I headed back to the grasslands in Delaware Township to see if the interesting winter birds were still around.  I first found a flock of SNOW BUNTINGS on Gabel Road.  This flock numbered in the mid twenties, and … Continue reading →

I had planned for several days to head to the grassland area of the county this morning.  I knew that “winter field birds” were just arriving and that the foot of snow we were going to receive on Friday was … Continue reading →

We had 13 inches of snow overnight and most of my morning was dedicated to snow removal.  That said, I had some good birds at my feeders.  The pair of EVENING GROSBEAK visited my feeders three times this morning between … Continue reading →

Twenty years ago, I had a male Evening Grosbeak at my feeders for five minutes.  Last week, one was in the trees over the feeders calling, but it didn’t come in and I never saw it.  This afternoon as I … Continue reading →

I spent the morning birding the Bashakill in hopes of finding yesterdays Cackling Goose.  I had an interesting morning with lots of birds.  It was also Cold, Windy and Snow flurrying! I was dressed for winter and it was a … Continue reading →

This afternoon I was standing on Haven Road looking for waterfowl or what ever else might be around.  I had just seen a Great Blue Heron and was about to get in my car when I heard geese.  I looked … Continue reading →