The Birdchaser

I recorded over 310 thrush calls between 5am and 6:35am at my home in Hunterdon County, NJ this morning.  Here's the eBird checklist . ...

This past spring I crashed the laptop I was recording night flight calls on, and I didn't get my MacBook Pro set up to record until last...

Neotropic Cormorant, Clinton, NJ, 11 June 2014 After not seeing any reports of the Neotropic Cormorant I found in Clinton back in April...

Grasshopper Sparrows are special hidden marvels that only birders get to enjoy.  They aren't a bird that the public would usually notice...

I spent an hour this morning trying to get a photo of a very vocal Yellow-breasted Chat singing in the dense shrubbery in a field near Flemi...

Tuesday night I had to run to the store, and on my way home, I stopped by Demott Park in Clinton, NJ.  I stop by this little pond almost eve...

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...