Canadian wildfires – The Jersey Birder

A smokey sky trims my birding

A male common yellowthroat clutches an orange insect in its beak. The bird is on a small branch, with green leaves behind.

WIth smoke from Canadian wildfires blowing into the mid-Atlantic region, I woke up this morning with some irritation in my eyes. With the air quality rating poor, I decided to skip a planned outing with the birds. I did go out Thursday morning and encountered hazy conditions under filtered sunlight at the Mercer Meadows PoleContinue reading “A smokey sky trims my birding”