standard time – The Jersey Birder

Standard time sets up sunset shots

A female Northern harrier flies right to left across the sky. The bird's brown breast has a slight red cast from the setting sun.

We’re back on standard time, and that means I’ll tweak the times for my birding outings. Even when I headed out to the Pole Farm this morning, I was contemplating a return after 4 p.m., hoping to get shots of Northern harriers hunting. To my delight, that actually happened. As I walked up the centralContinue reading “Standard time sets up sunset shots”

A birder’s plea: Let’s stick with standard time

Today we observe the annual “fall back” ritual of reverting to standard time in the United States, and I welcome the change. My birding opportunities had dwindled over the last several weeks as sunrise came later and later, shrinking the time I had to get out in the fields and trees before heading off toContinue reading “A birder’s plea: Let’s stick with standard time”