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By Lillian Stokes since 2006

Monday, April 27, 2026

Little Blue Heron, Rare inland in MA!

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Saw this Little Blue Heron at Horn Pond birding site inland in MA. Very unusual for this site and it thrilled all the birders who saw it. Li...

Northern Yellow Warblers Have Returned!

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  Here they come, Yellow Warblers (now called Northern Yellow Warbler) have arrived in MA! I hope to get out to see them soon. Such an excit...
Friday, April 17, 2026

Baltimore Orioles and Ruby-throated Hummingbids are arriving!

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Here they come! Eagerly waiting for the return of the orioles and hummingbirds! EBird maps show where they are now. Get out the oranges and ...

Purple Finch female on migration now!

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  Yay! Purple Finch female/imm. arrived at the feeder today! Likely just passing through on migration. Welcome! So happy to see one of my be...
Wednesday, April 08, 2026

FOY (first of season) Chipping Sparrow has arrived!

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                                                           Hellebore                                                       Eranthis Yay, FOY...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Happy Spring Eastern Phoebes Have Arrived!

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  Happy spring! FOY (first of year) Eastern Phoebe arrived yesterday here in MA, I was so excited to hear its slighly raspy "fee-bee...
Monday, March 16, 2026

American Woodcocks Have Arrived "Peent"

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FOY (first-of-year) American Woodcock recently, my target bird! Went out to a known area hoping the snow would be melted enough for woodcock...
Wednesday, February 04, 2026

Winter Bird Therapy: Beauty at your Bird Feeders!

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Through the window, winter bird therapy: Symphony in blue, yay! the Carolina Wren is surviving, black on white, our winter "snowbirds....
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Red Squirrel Cuteness!!

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Red Squirrel has a home under the now buried brush pile that was originally for the birds. It did not come out during the storm. Red Squirre...
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Lillian Stokes is coauthor of The Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada and 35 other Stokes Guides, including the Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America
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