Photo Study Retrospective Of Birds At Maple Knolls Farms, Buck County, PA, November 5th, 2011

    Vicky and Richard Smith live at their "preserved in perpetuity" Maple Knolls Farms in New Hope, PA.  This beautiful resource has fields of
    corn, alfalfa and oats, hedge rows, two streams, a pond and a small hardwood forest which attracts birds all year round. The Smiths have almost
    200 species on their "farm list"! When it snows, Richard spreads manure out in the fields and the Pipits, Horned Larks, Snow Buntings,
    Savannah Sparrows and an occasional Lapland Longspur show up to feed on the spent grain.

    Richard spotted a Vesper Sparrow a few days ago and while we were able to see it several times, we were, unfortunately, unable to get a decent
    photograph (however, I did get a distant shot of one last year!) In any event, below you will find some photos taken this week as well as over the
    past few years of some of the Smiths' beautiful visitors.

One Of Five Killdeers Flying Around Maple Knolls Farms Today

  
American Pipit October 2010                                           Savannah Sparrow November 2011

Virginia Rail May 2011

Male Bobolink In Breeding Plumage June 2009
         
          Orange-crowned Warbler January 2007                                      Yellow-rumped Warbler November 2011 

      
      Ruby-crowned Kinglet October 2009
                                                                                                                                                    
  
Lark Sparrow November 2005
 
Sharp-shinned Hawk October 2009

    To see a larger image of any of the photos below, please click on either the thumbnails or the captions...thanks!

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