Bird News From Nahanton Park and Other Musings

Beautiful quiet morning at Nahanton Park. This scruffy young House Wren, in the Upper Garden, is molting into first basic plumage. A ...

Fall's here, believe it or not. The Park is already filling up with migrants: At least four American Redstarts for example. A famil...

Back to the Garden for the first time in several weeks. There were a lot (maybe 4) of Common Yellowthroats around, including this ext...

Hummingbird Moth It's been quite some time since I've been at the park.  At 7:30 a.m., it was a beautiful 71 degrees, pleasant, ...

Lady slipper Orchid 7:30 a.m. 59 degrees and sunny. Surprisingly quiet, for such a beautiful day. The first thing I did when I arrived...

Beautiful morning at Nahanton Park. The surprise was this pair of Yellow-billed Cuckoos, apparently nesting along Florrie's Path. Beyond...

Every year Alison Leary and I lead a Mothers Day bird walk at Nahanton Park. This year we had quite a large and enthusiastic group, and fou...