… now why in the world would you need to entertain yourself when you are out looking for migrating birds. The morning started out great as I met two new birding friends, Jim and Terry. Little did they know that Julie, Michele and myself look for just about anything that comes across our path and [...]

OK, so it was a warm beautiful day, so far so good for a nice relaxing day of bird watching at Presque Isle; sunny and in the 70s, very little wind,  sweet!  We, Jerry and Linda, Judy, Joao, Terry, Julie and yours truly, met at our usual  spot on Vista 2 at Presque Isle.  We [...]

Well, the 2009 spring birding classes have some to an end. A great big thanks to our mentor and friend, Jerry McWilliams, for his generosity, patience and for being an all around good sport. No questions were too trivial and no ridiculous comments ridiculed. Unfortunately, after class Jerry was caught by the [...]

One of my favorites a Chickadee
Friday nights weather was absolutely perfect for bringing in migrating birds. The Southwest winds were a bit cool as the front came but soon turned warm as hundreds of birders descended on Presque Isle for our 2nd Annual Bird Festival.I went prepared for a full day of activities starting with [...]

The following is a transcript from Jerry McWilliams, our birding instructor and guru of all things wing’d.It was cool, but we had some sun, which made it comfortable birding. Another nice gathering of birders including, Bernhard & Janet, Kate, Philip, Toni, Julie, Michele, Joao, Julie Dell, Judy, Jean, and Linda.
Jerry’s other half, Linda, Guru of [...]

What a wonderful day of birding today at Presque Isle! The weather was warm with an occasional light breeze blowing from the northwest and just a few episodes of cloud cover that were actually a welcome relief. Yes, I’ll say it, it was almost too warm:) Migration seems to be getting well underway as we [...]

Ann retrieving a Sparrow from the mist net
Saturday was absolutely glorious with perfect weather for our class and the Hawk Festival. We met at Vista 2 but didn’t spend much time there because it was the first day of trout season so the bay had more fishermen and boats than waterfowl. So our first stop [...]

Brown Creeper found at Fry’s Landing: photo by Michele
Saturday was cold but not like last week and the sun warmed our faces every now and then. We have some photos for you this week. Michele was trying out a new lens. I’ll let her tell you about it. This week Jerry had us back and [...]

Eastern Phoebe
It’s that time of year when we can hardly wait to shed our winter coats and bask in the sunshine.I also love the smell of the earth as she gets washed in Spring rains, the scent of new growth popping up and the buds beginning to swell on the trees. There is a renewed [...]