The Birdchaser

Today I didn't want to push things too hard, but wanted to try and shake some of the bad karma from yesterday's Slaty-backed Gull se...

When is it an unsatisfying day of birding even after seeing Common Redpolls and Little Gulls ? When you are trying to find a Slaty-backed ...

With the death of Gordon B. Hinckley , the apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will ordain a new church president t...

Yesterday I got to show my two youngest kids a young Bald Eagle out on the ice at Lake Nockamixon. We also saw Mute Swans, American Black D...

Feel free to steal these buttons and use them to help promote the Great Backyard Bird Count coming up Feb 15-18, 2008. Check out the GBBC w...

After church today, we stopped by Peace Valley Park to see if I could show the kids a Bald Eagle out on the ice. As we pulled up, an adult...

Stopped by Peace Valley and Tullytown on my way into the office today. Peace Valley had lots of Canada Goose , including one that was tempt...

Just a quick stop at Peace Valley Park after dropping the kids off at school on Friday. Managed 38 species in just under an hour. Very few...

Tired of the normal talking heads speculating about the 2008 presidential campaign? Here's an entirely new perspective--how various Nor...

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(photo: wikipedia ) A couple months ago on the PA Birds email list I asked for reports of Egyptian Goose from across the state. These exot...

This morning I stopped by a couple places at Lake Nockamixon after dropping the kids off from school. The Wild Turkey flock on Three Mile ...

Along with all the other birding fun I'm having this year, I've decided to throw my hat in the Big Green Big Year (BIGBY) ring and s...

So today I didn't have time for a morning walk, or for really much of anything. So here's how to achieve a minimum recommended dail...

I'd been nervous for the past week after having seen a Ruff west of Phoenix . I was the only member of my birding party to see it, and...

I really like the children's book Owl Moon , about a father taking his daughter out to look for owls at night. I've really enjoyed ...

While I was happy to get my Bird RDA each day over the weekend, I was aching to see something new for the year. Fortunately, a female Purpl...

Monday I spent most of the day working on my dissertation, and only had my morning walk to really give me my minimum recommended daily allow...

Yesterday I went a little crazy trying to find one more bird for the year. I did manage to hear a few Swamp Sparrows at sundown at Quakert...

I was easily able to reach my recommended daily allowance of birds on my snowy, icy, slushy morning walk this morning. I identified most b...