At this time of year I often hear tapping coming from stands of phragmites and cattails. A little searching along the dike road of my loca...

The word sniper comes from a common wetland bird, the snipe. When flushed, these cryptic gamebirds of marshes zig-zag their way into the ...

The name Semipalmated, as in Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus  derives from the latin semipalmatus  meaning half ( semi)  palm...

We see a large influx of Yellow-rumped Warblers during the fall months as they move through the Delaware Valley and Mid-Atlantic region. ...

The Black Skimmer gets its name from skimming the surface of the water with its longer lower mandible. It was originally known as Cut Wat...

Two Ruby-throated Hummingbird chicks, about 17 days old, fill their nest. The older of the two is on the left. Watch as their mother come...

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