Birds & Words

American Black Ducks , Double Trouble SP A fairly productive month, especially if you like ducks (and geese and swans) and I do. November is...

Eastern Meadowlark  In an early Peterson guide I used to have, long since fallen to pieces and discarded, I remember being struck by a phras...

Eurasian Wigeon with American Coots , American Wigeons and Mute Swan It was raining this morning so I couldn't go for my birding walk;...

 I have to start examining my lawn more carefully. According to an article in the latest Audubon Magazine , the poop of a tom turkey is J-sh...

The sandy trails around the back bogs at Double Trouble are often a good place for sparrows in the fall--they pick at the seeds that fall fr...

Red-headed Woodpecker You learn something new every day. Most of it is not worth knowing. This is: I was at Colliers Mills this morning, and...

Because it looked like the rain was coming in from the south and east, I went over to Whitesbog this morning hoping to avoid the green on th...