On Top of the World

Yellow-rumped warbler - Cape May, NJ

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Snow Day at the Feeder

It was a snowy day in Pennsylvania ... but as soon as the skies cleared, the chickadees and juncos were all out in the backyard. A great reminder that it's not only the big birds that are worth admiring. It was just plain fun to watch these backyard wonders.

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A Winter's Jay

With Pennsylvania and New Jersey blanketed in snow, I stayed close to home this weekend. It was a good opportunity to enjoy the simple pleasures of everyday birding - nothing exotic, just the comforting sights and sounds of blue jays and cardinals, and other birds hungry after weathering the storm.

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The snow had just ended, the sun was out and the cedar waxwings had a nice crop of berries to enjoy. Pennsylvania in December 2013.

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A Winter Bird

On a winter's day at Barnegat Light in New Jersey, purple sandpipers like this can be seen by the hundreds. Natives of the Arctic, they're attracted to the rocky coastlines in northeast beaches where crustaceans abound.

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Look up!

When the ground is frozen, look to the sky. No ducks on the pond, but hundreds of robins in the air today ay Island Beach State Park. Despite the fact that more snow is coming, signs of spring are on the way

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My Harlequin Romance

OK - a corny title, a very corny title, but how can you not fall in love with a bird as beautiful as this? Seen and appreciated at Barnegat Light, the best place for sea birds in New Jersey.

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Early Spring Arrival

nd that means lots of migrating robins. This beauty took a break from eating berries to pose for me.

It's curious - many bird photographers don't do many robins, presumably because they are so common. But for most of us, growing up, these were among the first birds we saw, certainly among the first that made us curious to know about where they went and what they did. So if I see a nice one, bear with me. I'll continue to post it.

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Barnegat Beauty

Another visitor from the tundra, the long-neck duck has a nice winter home full of tasty mollusks at Barnegat Light. This little beauty was bulking up before next expected storm (today).

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Bridled Titmouse - Arizona

A bridled titmouse perches on a feeder in Tucson, Arizona. Serenity as only birds can bring...

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From Arizona Spring

Nothing Lesser About It

A Lesser Goldfinch perched in the Coronado National Forest. The name betrays the beauty.

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From Arizona Spring

In the cradle ...

Arizona cardinal in the branch of an old tree - like it is cradled in the palm of a hand.

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From Arizona Spring

Blue

I heard one of the sweetest sounds this morning coming from my new back yard- baby bluebirds clamoring for food from this nesting box right outside my window. Mom and dad could not keep up with the demand! Long Valley, NJ - May 2014

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Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Outside the village of Tubac in Arizona is a clearing along the Santa Cruz River that was the first stop in my Arizona wildlife tour. I was rewarded almost right away with a sighting of this Dusky-capped Flycatcher. It was a life bird for me, but a fairly common one in the southwest and Latin America.

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Simple Joy

You leave the house before you are really awake. You are in meetings all day. Before it gets dark, you make it home. You sit on your back porch. And a Rose-Breasted Grosbeak makes your day.

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