Jewelweed (wikipedia link) is a common plant in the northeastern US, where its late summer flowers are very popular with bees and hummingbirds. Its most notable feature, however, is its seed pods...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2021/10/why-do-jewelweed-seed-pods-explode/
While I was at Great Gull Island, New York, July 3-5, two different Peregrine Falcons were passing through the tern colony. I never saw one catch a tern, but they were definitely hunting as they ...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2015/07/peregrine-falcon-raiding-the-tern-colony/
This image is for sale in an auction here Identification of downy young sandpipers can be a real challenge in the arctic, where multiple species occur, but I saw and sketched this one on Great Gu...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2015/07/a-very-young-sandpiper/
The artwork shown here is available for sale, click here to view current auctions After being nearly invisible for weeks, the local chickadees here in Massachusetts are suddenly everywhere. This ...
No matter how serious you are about birding, or how much you want to see hawks, a Mourning Dove will always have a stronger interest in spotting them. Birds that are in mortal danger of hawk ...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2015/04/finding-hawks-by-watching-doves/
Download a free one-page guide to American Woodcock display The flight display of the male American Woodcock has to be one of the most remarkable avian performances in the world. And yet, despite...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2015/04/the-mysterious-sounds-of-the-american-woodcock/
The painting shown here was recently sold at auction Birds in the family Caprimulgidae, which includes Eastern Whip-poor-will (shown here), have been referred to as “goatsuckers” based on a ...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2015/03/why-are-they-called-goatsuckers/
This is the time of year when Red-winged Blackbirds are returning to marshes all over the continent, and the males are performing their showy displays to impress females and intimidate rivals. Yo...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2015/03/red-winged-blackbirds-showing-off/
Lots of birds have a habit of pumping (or wagging) their tails. It’s mostly open-country birds like phoebes, wagtails and pipits, Palm Warbler, Spotted Sandpiper, and others. Many hypotheses ha...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2015/03/why-do-phoebes-pump-their-tails/
I saw a Cooper’s Hawk catch a Rock Pigeon a few days ago. By itself that experience is noteworthy – a Rock Pigeon is a big bird for a Cooper’s Hawk to handle – but more remarkable was the...
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2014/11/a-hawk-in-pigeons-clothing/