Robert A. Culbert

Loud and Aggressive

What is up with blue jays? They are loud, exuberant and aggressive!

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Hummingbird Happiness

By the end of September, most of our ruby-throated hummingbirds will have left.

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Still Hummingbirds

By the end of September, most of our ruby-throated hummingbirds will have left. But are they ever still here.

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Songbird Migrations

The morning of Sept. 11 was ideal for finding migrating songbirds. The night before was pleasant and the winds were out of the northwest, so the nocturnal migrating songbirds had favorable tailwinds.

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Shorebirds Flocking

As recently as 20 years ago, we would find a roosting flock with a thousand or more terns, primarily common and roseate terns with occasional Forster's and black terns, on the bay side of Norton Point Beach.

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At Long Last

Most bird feeders have been taken down to maintain social distancing between birds because a disease of unknown cause has killed birds in the mid-Atlantic states this year.

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After Henri

Tropical storm Henri came and went on August 22, 30 years and three days after Hurricane Bob pummeled our shores.

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Flocks of Herons

Fifty years ago, we saw large flocks of great blue herons, 25 to 50 at a time. I remember the spectacle of seeing Felix Neck's marshes filled with these large herons.

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Shorebird Plumage

Southbound shorebirds are confusing. Every species is subtly different.

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Feeder News

There is a hint of good news concerning the disease outbreak that has temporarily paused the use of bird feeders.

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