Birders tend to go where they find interesting birds. Susan Whiting, Lanny McDowell, Bob Shriber, Nancy Nordin and myself teamed up to find 60 species on the morning of Oct. 27, most of which were songbirds. We generally do not find that many species in three hours. Some of us were looking in one direction when others were looking elsewhere and finding other species.

It was a scary week with the witches, ghouls and goblins all about.

Say goodbye to Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. The comet is now so faint you'll need a pair of binoculars just to see it.

A new report from the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium this week estimated that the right whale population rose to about 372 whales at the beginning of 2023, up from a previous estimate of 356 whales. 

Archery season for deer has wrapped up its third week on the Island, and in a mild autumn with leaves only just beginning to turn, hunters are calling it a good season so far.

The beauty of fall migration is that some migrants unexpectedly persist. Of course daytime temperatures in the low 70s, help.