Welcome to the brand new look of Birdspix.com. Over a year of painstaking preparation has gone into constructing what we hope will provide you with a unique, refreshing, entertaining, and educational resource.
The current number of bird species possible in North America currently published to this site is: 657
Upcoming Trips
May 18 Southeastern Indiana
June 1 – June 8: Nome and Gambell, Alaska
June 12 – Mount Washington, New Hampshire
Fort Lauderdale – Spot-breasted Orioles
May 8: Of all the south Florida resident species, it would be hard to find one more stunning than the Spot-breasted Oriole, a large icterid with brilliant orange plumage highlighted with black, and a beautiful melodious whistle for a song. There is good reason it remains high on the target list for visiting birders from out of state. It frequents suburban neighborhoods, but tends to be quite local, so word of mouth is the best means of finding a reliable location. Today featured a nesting pair with two fledglings in a residential area of Fort Lauderdale.
May 8: Of all the south Florida resident species, it would be hard to find one more stunning than the Spot-breasted Oriole, a large icterid with brilliant orange plumage highlighted with black, and a beautiful melodious whistle for a song. There is good reason it remains high on the target list for visiting birders from out of state. It frequents suburban neighborhoods, but tends to be quite local, so word of mouth is the best means of finding a reliable location. Today featured a nesting pair with two fledglings in a residential area of Fort Lauderdale.
May 5: Spanish River Park in Boca Raton can occasionally be a hot spot. This morning I joined several others looking for a Bahama Mockingbird that was seen there yesterday, but today the bird was nowhere to be found, although we did have a Black-whiskered Vireo and a Gray Kingbird.
May 3: For the third day in a row there were no migrants to be found – a single Blackpoll Warbler completed the grand tally of one. However there were two Least Bitterns, one of which remained out in the open within fifteen feet of the boardwalk for over half an hour. Then on the drive home, three Black- hooded (Nanday) Parakeets were perched on a wire on Lyons Road, making repeated forays into the nearby seed-bearing shrubs.
April 23: No volume of migrants yet in Palm Beach County. Best bird of the day this afternoon at Green Cay Wetlands in Boynton Beach was a very yellow Northern Waterthrush,
read more »April 6: Harris’s Sparrow is a species that breeds in northern Canada, and migrates in a swath through the central United States, so it is most unusual when one shows up in New England.
read more »April 4: Back in Connecticut for a week’s visit with family, I had a chance to look for the lone Red-headed Woodpecker that has spent the winter in Hokanum River Linear Park in East Hartford, Connecticut.
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Nice going John; I bookmarked the site so I’ll be checking your
progress from time to time.
Best,
Barb
Congratulations John on this excellent new presentation of your
fine photography and travel details! I’ll be a regular visitor to your site,
with pleasure!!!
warmly,
Penny
Nice job with the web site!
I added our 141st yard bird the other night when I heard Trumpeter Swans flying over headed north.
Enjoy your south Texas trip!
John and Anne
Hi John;
Beautiful site. You really found your call.
Hope You’re all well.
John
Thanks for the on-going great education!
Oh my gosh! I love this website. This is so cool. I’m thrilled because I love birds, and this page/website is filled with so many birds that I have never seen before or heard about before. It’s going to be an amazing new experience for me.
John,
It’s amazing what you’ve done in a few short years. The new site looks great! Thanks for sharing!
Gina
greetings, wonderful page, and a very good understand! definitely one for my bookmarking.
Congratulations.
Wonderful bird photos.
Wonderful web site.
With SLRs, both Thelma and I enjoy photography locally.
Manny (also retired MD)
Enjoyed this site very much. Have added it to my favorites. Looking forward to the Alaska pix. I have friends, Robert and Carolyn Buchanan that travel with Kennan and Karen Ward taking pix of Polar Bears and Eagles. They spend most of their time in Alaska. Told me about the eagle lady and her live feed of “the feed”. Sad to learn she had passed. If you ever trip acros the Buchanan’s on your journeys, sy ‘Hi’ for me please. They are huge supporters of Polar Bears International.
We would like to thank you for your help and this wonderful site. Your site is a valuable source of information for us as we expand our Birding hobby. Good luck in May, we know what you are going for, as we will be there for the whole month and hope to get a shot of the little guys also.
Hi I am a third grader at North Trail Elemantary school and I am Working on a bird project with one of your pictures on it. My teacher said it turned out better than she thought it would so more people will be looking at it than usual and your picture was the best I could find. So can I please use your picture? We will not be selling anything.
Please let us know your name, a little bit about your project, and exactly which picture it is that you wish to use.