by Seth Good, 8 | Mar 3, 2022 | Articles & Stories, Birds, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Nuthatches, Pigeons & Doves, Sparrows, Thrushes, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes, Woodpeckers, Wrens
Sunday dawned a beautiful morning. The first birds I saw were cardinals—male and female. There were Chipping, English, and House Sparrows at the feeder. Out the kitchen window I saw a Junco and a Mourning Dove. At the feeder there were now starlings and Brown-headed...
by Noelle Stodden | Aug 18, 2021 | 2021, 09 September, Articles & Stories, Birds, Woodpeckers
I sat in the room with the door closed, the lights off, and the window open. It was 11:00 a.m., and we had been seeing the Red-headed Woodpecker at our feeders all morning. I had decided to try for a picture of him. Red-headed Woodpecker. Photo © Noelle Stodden. The...
by Carolyn Nolt, 16, East Berlin, PA | Mar 29, 2021 | 2021, 03, March, Articles & Stories, Birds, Contest, The Birders' Trail
It just feels like snow out here, I thought. Low-hanging gray clouds filled the sky like an oppressive blanket. Not a breath of air stirred the few maple leaves scattered on the ground. Even the woods seemed strangely silent. I pulled my coat tighter around me and...
