Life List Goes Up 4 In One Day Birding In The Woods Behind His House.      Today was the best birdwatching day of my life. This is a big claim, but it truly was. I added four new species to my life list, and all of the birds were seen right in the woods. Didn't have to travel...

   Wonerful fall birdwatching is just beginning! I usually don't put up my feeders until mid October, because it saves money (less seed to be purchased), and birds don't need free handouts until then, but this year I have had a great temptation that I cannot resist. Putting up my bird...

   The day I have been waiting for the entire year has finaly come. I have seen over 100 bird species in my lifetime. The two birds that broke the 100 mark and raised me to 101 bird species were both shorebirds seen at East Harbor SP in northern Ohio along lake Erie. The 100th....

   I have been busy getting ready for the 2013 eagle cam season by preparing info for the moderated discussion, deleting old images, making room for new ones, summing up this years season by adding a timeline, adding a classification chart of the bald eagel, adding banners, and...

   Not four days ago, I went on abirding trip on our property, trying to get a photo of a blue jay. But I decided to travel I route I had never taken before... I blazed a new path. I went over a bridge, up a hill, across the top, down the same hill, and up to the creek. There seemed to...

   September is the month when Hummingbirds leave there northern homes and head south to their winter residence. I haven't seen a hummingbird in at least one and a half weeks. That is I hadn't... until today. Today I saw a female ruby-throat at my feeder three times, which I beleive was...

   While the website will be edited, updated, and new blog entries added whenever possible, please be patient. I, Junior Barnes, have alot on my mind. I am owner/founder/creator of this website, the only person that ever edits/updates, or does anything to this site (it's a one-man job)...

   I was recently out back and was surprised to find a dead juvenile Cooper's Hawk. I contacted the Ohio Division of Wildlife by calling 1-800-WILDLIFE. I then told my story about finding a dead hawk and was then transfered to someone else. I told them my story again and was...

 Two days ago, September 14th., 2012, I was lucky enough to see a adult Bald Eagle at East Harbor state park in northern Ohio. So far I have only ever seen three bald eagles in the wild, and two of them have been seen at East Harbor SP. The first I ever saw in the wild...

   Since I have been seeing Blue Jays literally everywhere recently, I decided to write a post All About Blue Jays! The blue jay is probably the largest most desirable feeder bird. After looking at this vivid blue and white bird, you would never geuss it was a direct descendant...