Pioneer Birding

  Common Redpolls - two from a large flock of 85, North Cross Road, Gill, Franklin Co., MA. November 13th, 2020.  Hopes, perhaps even antic...

View from Putney Mountain, VT looking WNW. Sensing the need for change, I headed north toward Putney Mountain Hawk-watch in southern V...

The last few days have remained incredibly mild for the time of year, though the recent spell of warm air gave way to cooler northerlies tod...

I must confess that I'm not a big fan of feeder watching - I'd much rather be out in the field somewhere rather than looking at bird...

Oct 9th : Amazing morning in Northfield Meadows. Birds popping up everywhere along the weed-fringed tracks and fields. It's fair to say ...

This morning, Susannah, Matan and I had a drive up to Vernon, VT to, once again, try for the regularly reported wintering drake Barrow's...

Another fine morning in Gill for Purple Finch beginning with a singing male near our house on Main Road just after sun rise, and about thre...

This morning I took a casual, pre-storm drive around Gill hoping for a few more signs of spring. I wasn't disappointed. Twenty  Canada G...