The Birdchaser

Wilson's Snipe, Clinton, Hunterdon, NJ 12 March 2014 Spring is finally in the air, with warm temps and rain.  Today was the first da...

This semester my students at East Stroudsburg University will be getting to know 100 traditional and indigenous cultures around the world....

It was a cold and frozen month, with most water in Hunterdon County frozen over.  With some determination and good fortune, I was able to ma...

I didn't do a lot of traveling this past year, so most of my birding was close to home.  Here are my top 10 birds of 2013: 1) Mew Gull...

Sometimes contractors working on building renovations run into properties that have had serious bird problems--including pigeon infestatio...

Sora, Cold Brook Preserve, NJ The day started with my not knowing exactly how many species I needed to cross the 1000 species threshold,...

Northern Brown Snake A big day, starting early driving down to Philadelphia to take my Rosemont College students on their first birding...

Only one new bird for the month--a Blue-headed Vireo that popped out in the trees while I was visiting with friends on my patio this morn...

Over 100 species of plants to check out! Morning birding was a bit slow, though I did get my first Bullfrog, Lincoln's Sparrow and W...

I taught at ESU this morning and didn't get out species hunting until this evening.  A trip to Petsmart to get a new dog collar landed m...