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Arctic Loon at Bonelli Park
When you think of southern California in June there are a variety of things that could come to mind. Sunshine...
17-Year Cicadas and a Mississippi Kite in Staten Island
Back in 1979 New York State birders were pleased with the first record of Mississippi Kites in the state when...
Anna’s Hummingbird Female Bathing and Preening at the Waterfall
Anna’s Hummingbird Female (Calypte anna) Bathing and Preening at the Waterfall Hummingbirds don’t always sip nectar or sugar water....
Birding’s changing fortunes
Luck. In Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Novels luck is the goddess that only the foolhardy worship, or even mention by name....
Berkshire Birds Of Hawley Bog & High Ledges
Before visiting the Berkshires I asked some western Massachusetts birders if they knew of any good places I might check out near the Mowhawk Trail. One of the places I chose to visit was Hawley Bog. There were numerous Black-throated Blue and Black-throated Green Warblers along the wooded trail leading to the bog. Show More Summary
Struggling Swallows Suffer in a Spring Storm
We here in New York City (and in much of the northeastern United States) are dealing with a pretty major...
Douze points
Tonight, Malmo hosts the high camp drama that is the Eurovision Song Contest. It is a celebration of trite, ridiculous...
Isla Isabel – Mexico’s Galapagos
Its amazing to me that there are still places on earth where wildlife is blissfully unafraid of humans. Isla Isabel,...
A Dietary Alternative for Feral Cats?
No Kea were harmed in the making of this story. (Image by Duncan) Much has been made in these pages...
When Is Bird Baiting OK?
Bird feeding is a major industry. Lots of people do it, birders and non birders alike. It’s a wholesome activity...
Birdchick Podcast #140 Rio Grande Valley Style
What? A stunt husband? Well, kinda sorta. I spend the week in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas, and spent some time with all around cool chick Marci Fuller (who is the head of the Rio Grande Valley Bird Festival). We talk some news and some of the cool parts of birding in the [...]
What does the Keystone XL Pipeline have to do with Birds?
President Obama has a very important decision to make in approving or rejecting the Keystone XL Pipeline. Tar sands production...
Unlucky Ducks, Lucky Penguins, and Good-Luck Ostriches
It’s been a busy week in bird news–some of it bad, some of it good, and some of it just...
Birdchick Podcast #139 Eagle vs Hawk, Ted Williams Back At Audubon
Bird Jobs Unbelievable (and graphic) footage of a red-tailed hawk’s fatal mistake–attacking a bald eagle nest Get it now while supplies last: owl skirt! Playtex is using a hairy woodpecker to advertise “intimate wipes.” Audubon and Ted Williams: reunited and feels so good. If you like this video, share it. Copyright © April [...]
San Blas – a Mexican Treasure
Few places on earth offer the opportunity to see 30 country endemics within a half-hour’s drive of a scenic coastal...
Birdchick Podcast #136: Sharon posts too many bird jobs
The latest in bird photography shaming on YouTube. A guy teases a great gray owl with live bait (he didn’t even give the bird the food–what the heck, jerk wad?) So…if you want to get rid of vultures…you hang out dead vultures? Is someone going to try and “de-extinct” the passenger pigeon? (I apologize [...]
The Marsh Wren Singing and Gathering Nesting Material
If you have ever visited an area where cattail and/or bulrush thrive, you will undoubtedly have heard the call of the Marsh...
Whooping Crane Ancestry
So what’s so special about seeing the resident re-introduced Whooping Cranes in Florida? According to the ABA, they are not countable....
Spring Birding Festivals 2013!
I love traveling, especially if I know where I'm going. I had a momentary lost of cranial pressure a few minutes ago. I was sitting in an airport terminal, waiting on a plane, and I suddenly realized that I could not recall where I was about to go. Show More Summary
To Tick or Not to Tick – Exotic Birding in Miami
The Carolina Parakeet was extinct by 1918 and extinct in the wild by about 1904. The USA’s only truly indigenous...
- Rio Grande Valley
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- National Wildlife Refuge
- Great Backyard Bird Count
- Snowy Owl
- Great Blue Heron
- American Birding Association
- Bald Eagle
- State Park
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- The Raptor Center
- National Audubon Society
- Roger Tory Peterson
- Evening Grosbeak
- Space Coast
- Mountain Bluebird
- Twin Cities
- Mourning Dove
- Bird Watcher's Digest
- South Padre Island
