Most migrant birds are insectivores and won’t arrive until the bugs come out. Insects are not on the menu for early season arrivals, including waterfowl and some species of raptors and vultures, which is why they are early season arrivals! Taken last Wednesday March 20 2019 along the Connecticut River Valley in Walpole. Be sure […]
Continue Reading →Spring migration and my bionic ear
It was fairly quiet in my yard during the early part of the week due to the persistent cold airflow out of the north. This kept birds in place to south, waiting for the weather to turn, which it did Wednesday. The warm southerly airflow through Thursday brought with it traditional April migrants like Wood Duck, […]
Continue Reading →I admit it. I am a lister
After years protesting my innocence, I admit it. I am a lister. But not in the traditional sense. My trip list for Kettle of One is hovering around the 320 mark with about a month and a half to go. That is actually a pretty dismal return, but the aim of this project is not […]
Continue Reading →Not dead, but wifi might be.
I apologize for not keeping up to date on this website. I am in Oaxaca state in Mexico, heading south into Chiapas State and then Guatemala. I have been posting regularly to Facebook several times a day, because it is much easier to include media. I will update this as I can, but in the […]
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New York in the rear view mirror
This 4 minute video is from September 10, when Richard Pendleton and I passed south through New York. We stayed with with Zach Smith and Elizabeth Long. Elizabeth is the Science Director for the Mohonk Preserve; a regional land trust and conservation research organization, and Zach has quite the hawkwatching resume. Great people. Zach took […]
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