STOKES BIRDING BLOG

                     American Goldfinches and Pine Siskin on lower right  Dark-eyed Junco in snow Severe winter weather with below 0 degrees...

Cold. Windy. Car birding. That's what it's been like. A Northern Mockingbird warms up on the roadside near its treasured winter food...

  What was your first bird of 2026? Mine was 25 juncos with a Fox Sparrow mixed in! Happy New Year and good birding in 2026!

MAY YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL 2026 FILLED WITH BEAUTIFUL BIRDS AND MANY LIFERS!  

Happy Winter Solstice! Enjoy the birds, get out in nature and celebrate the return of increasing daylight hours!  

This beautiful male Pine Grosbeak is in Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada along with the story of how I came to find ...

I did a recent scouting trip for my CBC (Christmas Bird Count), which takes place for me on December 29th (other areas of the country have c...

Show Buntings Snow Bunting in flight Major snowstorm predicted for MA tomorrow. I'd rather it be a Snow Bunting storm!

 

With Jonathan Pierce With Tom Tyning Bufflehead by Clair Postmus Had a great time giving talk on Finches of the United States and Canada and...

Happiness is, a newly arrived White-throated Sparrow at my feeder. Feeding birds is so rewarding. Each season brings the excitement of new a...

Phoebe and her mom, Chanel Eastern Red Bat Short-eared Owl Halloween Pennant Great Horned Owl

They say everything has a season. Don's season ended but life goes on and I embrace nature's rhythms: Yellow-rumped warblers passing...

  Don Stokes  The Raven that flew over me 10/7/25 - On a beautiful October day, after a harvest-full-moon-Great-Horned-Owls-calling night, m...