Who Says Digiscoping Isn’t Legit?

I am always intrigued by the multitude of opinions out there on various birding subjects, but lately none more than digiscoping. With all... 

Who Says Digiscoping Isn’t Legit?

Birding On The Cheap: Rio Grande Valley

If I have learned anything from living in the northern half of the United States is that in order to survive winter with my sanity in tact... 

Birding On The Cheap: Rio Grande Valley

House Finches at Van Saun Park

In Bergen County, New Jersey’s northeasternmost county, there are quite a few small county parks that are popular with dog-walkers, joggers,... 

House Finches at Van Saun Park

The long journey home

As the Sun creeps closer to the horizon bringing with it more and more twilight my mind turns more to spring and the return of our migrants, still some four... 

The long journey home

Plain Prinia

The Plain Prinia, Prinia inornata is an abundant, widespread resident of the Indian subcontinent and can be found throughout southeast Asia wherever there is long grass,... 

Plain Prinia

Tanzanian Starlings, Shrikes, and Weavers (Part 2)

STELLAR SHRIKES Shrikes (like this Grey-backed Fiscal) are little wannabe raptors. They are quick and intense, with the requisite... 

Tanzanian Starlings, Shrikes, and Weavers (Part 2)

Greater White-fronted Geese at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

Colusa National Wildlife Refuge is part of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex in California’s... 

Greater White-fronted Geese at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

The Definition of Harrier

In the dictionary, the word harry is defined as meaning to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by repeated attacks. Randy Finley of Wildlifist generously... 

The Definition of Harrier

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Madagascar: The Last Inheritor of Gondwana

By January 27, 2012 1 comment

Putting nature on TV is a tricky business. First there is the inherent irony of getting people to sit on their butts in front of a screen in order to show them the vast and beautiful world outside said screen. On top of that, every editorial choice not only says something, but says a million [...]

What is a Merganser?

By January 27, 2012 13 comments

One of the sweetest subsections of the duck family has to be the sawbills, formally known as mergansers. Mergansers are a family of diving waterfowl in Merginae, the seaduck subfamily of Anatidae. Ironically, only one of these seaducks is truly a seafarer, the others favoring rivers and lakes. The name ‘merganser’ is said to have [...]

Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of January 2012?

By January 26, 2012 5 comments

This may read like something of a non sequitur, but have you ever seen a Rainbow Eucalyptus? Eucalyptus deglupta is a psychedelic beauty, with stunning, striated bark that spans nearly every color of the rainbow. Take a moment to check out how trippy this tree is. When you’re done, come back and we’ll talk birds. [...]

Who Says Digiscoping Isn’t Legit?

By January 26, 2012 No comments yet

I am always intrigued by the multitude of opinions out there on various birding subjects, but lately none more than digiscoping. With all of the birding shows involved in my schedule I have the opportunity to hear many of these opinions. Often enough, I hear birders discussing digiscoping as if it were an after thought, [...]

Take That, Kentucky!

By January 25, 2012 2 comments

Maybe Kentucky shouldn’t have allowed the Sandhill Crane hunt?  An avian visitor to the state senate let its displeasure be known. Via Lowering the Bar.

Birding On The Cheap: Rio Grande Valley

By January 25, 2012 12 comments

If I have learned anything from living in the northern half of the United States is that in order to survive winter with my sanity in tact is that I need to eat a lot of kale, take a daily 20 minute walk (no matter how cold) and plan a trip some place warm even [...]

Lonely Sandy Rides a Helicopter

By January 25, 2012 2 comments

Read the heart-warming tale of a young Pied Shag, a caring family, a helicopter ride, and a bird rescue facility.

2012 Birding Resolutions

By January 25, 2012 10 comments

Like some of the other beat writers around here I’ve been roped into keeping a year list this year, and inspired by the other lists I looked at I thought about what I wanted to achieve this year in birding. As opposed to my usual position of seeing whatever I see. It is a scary [...]

Greater White-fronted Goose at Van Cortlandt Park

By January 24, 2012 7 comments

It has been over two months since the Greater White-fronted Goose was found at Van Cortlandt Park in New York City’s northernmost borough, the Bronx. Andrew Baksh, Birding Dude, has been keeping close tabs on it during his weekly Van Cortlandt Park bird walks since, and I figured it was time that I made a [...]

Embracing the Youth Movement in Carolina

By January 24, 2012 1 comment

On and off for the last several months I’ve been working on a personal project to enter a massive amount of old bird records from the state of North Carolina into eBird. We’re fortunate in this state to have the last 30 years of Carolina Bird Club journals, including the invaluable quarterly sightings reports, in [...]

Showdown In Arroyo Grande: The Search For The Ivory Gull

By January 24, 2012 6 comments

Today I shall weave a tale of dispair. A tale of jealousy. Of hopelessness. Of anger, fear, aggressioon….the dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your…..ahem. Let me start from the beginning. It was the year 2010. One Seagull Steve was living in San Francisco, on a [...]

Pure White Blackbird

By January 23, 2012 1 comment

You may already know about this, but I was not aware that a pure white Blackbird (the thrush, not the icterid) can be found at Rufford Abbey Country Park in Nottinghamshire, UK. In fact, this leucistic lovely (check out the pic) has resided at the park for the last four years. Thanks to reader Sher Buckner [...]

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