Bird Photos and their Stories
Lauren Shaffer wrote 146 posts
The Bald Eagles at Montour Preserve have gotten accustomed to boaters and fisherman coming very close to their perch. Their days are busy catching fish and other prey for their hungry chicks. This morning I was excited to be able to kayak fairly close to the beautiful and majestic bird of prey. From across the […]
Peregrine Falcon This morning I joined a few friends, some Game Commission biologists, and a couple of forestry interns, near the bridge in Williamsport where a pair of Peregrine Falcons have been nesting. Banding access was provided by the Penn Dot bridge inspection so that the banders would have use of the special bucket and […]
Across the field from where I was birding with friends was an animal that we thought was a deer at first. Putting bins on it, we realized we were seeing an adult coyote running along the woods with a young pup running behind. I know that the farmers in our area would not be happy […]
Baltimore Orioles have been busy in the neighborhood! They’ve stopped coming to the deck for oranges and have dispersed to other places busily weaving their nests and tending their babies. They like to use long plant fibers, some of which they strip from the old dead plants such as milk weed and other weeds. Their […]
Birders Flock to Presque Isle Bird watchers are now flocking to Presque Isle for the peak of the spring migration. The location of the park along the North Atlantic flyway, attracts a huge number of birds heading north to their breeding grounds. And the warblers, purple martins and other birds are a magnet for birders. […]
This was the morning we’d all been waiting for in Central Pennsylvania. Migration has mostly bypassed us several times due to storms and other factors. It’s actually getting towards the end of the normal period where one would expect waves of warblers coming through; but when I drove up our dirt road, windows down, the […]