The Birdchaser

I've just returned from a 7949 mile road trip out to Oregon and back to visit family.  Here's a video of an American Dipper that ...

I have to admit, I was a bit alarmed when I first saw the announcement for Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be  a Bird , since I've b...

I caught sight of this brand new young Chipping Sparrow a couple days ago, but he got away before I could grab my camera.  I like how s...

This morning I found this unfortunate goose at Spruce Run.  The bird can swim and seems fully mobile, but it's so sad to see.

 Monday morning, while getting ready for a church picnic, I got word that a friend had found a singing Cerulean Warbler in Musconetcong Go...

Migration is winding down, and as I continue to explore my new home county in New Jersey, I'm hunting down some of the more scarce bre...

Last night I dreamed I was in a swamp and almost put my hand on a Cottonmouth.  I should have known it was going to be one of those days. ...

Snow Goose, Spruce Run, Hunterdon County, NJ, 22 May 2012 Most Snow Geese left New Jersey months ago, this young bird apparently isn...

Digiscoped with HTC Incredible phone through Kowa 883 scope. This morning I found this young Double-crested Cormorant at Spruce Run....

The Bobolinks are back at Hoffman Park just up the road from my house.  The males are chasing each other and the females across the larg...

Everybody's gonna have a good time! I watched this House Wren building a nest in a box at Voorhees State Park in Hunterdon County, NJ...

It started raining about 11pm last night, so I suspected any migrants passing through might get knocked down and headed out early to Spruce ...

OK, can you tell what it is?  The bird, not the trash :-) Here's a better shot. Here's a slightly fuzzy shot of the b...

This morning on the way to work I watched a female Wood Duck checking out a nest box at Assiscong Marsh in Flemington, NJ.  The action was o...

Just one more sign of spring, a drake Blue-winged Teal has spent the last few days at Assiscong Marsh. Not the greatest shot, but co...

While hanging out at home today I noticed a small pale bird in the bushes, and it soon came in to my patio--my first Chipping Sparrow of the...

I headed out this morning to run some errands and of course I had to get my 20 bird MDR.  After hitting Spruce Run on the way to return a ...

Just got this certificate from the U.S.G.S. Banding Lab with details on a Canada Goose I saw last month. So this bird was banded two ...