Field Notes

Here are some more feathered Floridians! Mottled Duck (rear) with feral Mallard (front) To many, the Mottled Duck might appear borin...

We were in Florida again this winter and the shorebirding was particularly good. Here are some photo highlights... We had a sweep of the f...

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...