Field Notes

I have been hearing bits and pieces about a decline in the population of Sanderlings and decided to search the internet for some authority o...

Bobolink I have been assigned to Breeding Bird Survey Route 68-902 for the past five years, so I thought I would post a brief synopsi...

House Wren When I installed a bird house on our fence this spring, I thought it would be merely ornamental. To my surprize, a House W...

I was only able to get one decent photo of a butterfly in Jamaica. Malachite ( Siproeta stelenes ) I would have liked to get a photo...

Jamaica has 28 endemic bird species, but several more are range restricted to only one or a few other Caribbean islands. Vervain Humming...

Jamaica is not a major birding destination, but because of family connections as well as a life long involvement with visiting and at one ...

Just got back from an 8 day trip to Florida. I have birded Florida a few times now, and it is always fun. Florida is perhaps most renowned...