Raining raincrows It has been a while since I have compiled a roundup of rare news and interesting sightings. Let’s start with the raincrow, aka the yellow-billed cuckoo. I keep an informal yard list – a roster of all the bird species that I have recorded from my yard. I don’t know how many species […]
Continue Reading →The recent remarkable fallout of southern migrants on the back of the consistent wet southerlies still persisted on Thursday, but mixed with a large influx of more traditional cold weather October migrants, yielding a great day on Star with some unusual juxtapositions (summer tanager and worm-eating warbler while lapland longspur flies overhead). I will have […]
Continue Reading →Fourteen birders joined me on Star Island yesterday (Saturday) off the coast of NH, for a great day of fall birding. Nothing rare, but great Star Island fall birding standards including three yellow-billed cuckoos and a yellow-breasted chat. A remarkably consistent and homogenous warbler assemblage on the island – almost all blackpolls (numbering about 100). The […]
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