With apologies to people who don’t have the luxury of enjoying hurricanes, this is the track that can pay off big time for those pour souls stranded miles from the coast.  Amongst other mega’s, on August 14, 1955 this little beauty dropped off four sooty terns in Hinsdale, my local patch.  They were found by […]

Hurricanes, favorite of meteorologists, storm-chasers, and birders.  They are one of the reasons fall birding is so exciting.  Earl has been the talk of the town for the best part of the last week, as one would expect.  But not every hurricane or tropical storm does the business (where birds are concerned).  This particular hurricane […]

Almost as low as a snake’s shadow That would be a snake’s belly.  And unless said snake is lying upside down, a trick for which snakes are not renowned, one that is seldom exposed (what is upside down for a snake? Another brainteaser for another day).  Thus I asked myself recently, why would a snake […]

A few decent birds along NH coast today (I had to bag the planned trip to Cashes to take my wife to the airport). Blue-winged Teal – pair each in Little River Saltmarsh and Meadow Pond 18 species of shorebirds, including 2 stilt sands (a few photos later), bairds sandpiper at Plaice Cove, and 5 […]

Finally, a decent weather front.  I managed to get out today to check some spots.  I returned to Massabesic to see if the Forster’s Tern was still around (first seen yesterday) and as I half expected, it was.  The recent weather event has not produced the goods in the CT River Valley, and based on […]