Unusual Visitor I received the following email on December 16th: Hi Eric, This white-winged crossbill showed up at our feeder last week and is still returning daily. I had never seen one before and was struck by the interesting coloring. Also I never saw a wild bird that was so un-affected by my […]
Continue Reading →Census Time Again – published in the Monadock Shopper December 15
Census Time Again On December 18th and 19th, census workers will be out in force on the streets and roads of southwest New Hampshire, counting heads as part of a national effort to better understand population dynamics in the US. Sound familiar? After a summer of fussing about being counted, at least now we know […]
Continue Reading →Monadnock Area Screech Owl
Pat Stoodley snapped this photo of a gray phase screech owl in Marlborough. The bird was observed from Church Street on January 26th, where it sat on a wire for six hours. Pat was alerted to bird by an attending mob of blue jays. Screech owls, like all owls, are under-reported due to their secretive and nocturnal nature. […]
Continue Reading →Just back from Ireland
Folks: Just back from Ireland (my dad died), thus the absence of posts. I will catch up in the next few days with bird news.
Continue Reading →A Good Day in the Valley
I hit the CT River valley today in advance of the snow and to follow up on a report from Ken Klapper of a flock of 1,000 snow buntings in Walpole. In addition to the snow buntings (careful count revealed 994 but I think the flock split by the time I made this count so […]
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