Jones Beach and Point Lookout After the Storm

On Tuesday, my last day of my leave of absence before my return to work (sigh) Daisy was kind enough to to let me out of the house... 

Long-tailed Duck at Point Lookout, NY, March, 2010.

Malta: Shot birds of prey signal spring migration

The title of this post says it all - while Europe’s birders are looking forward to the first swallows and warblers arriving,... 

Malta: Shot birds of prey signal spring migration

Graham Chisholm and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper

In October last year we posted a series on the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper. Part Two of the series featured an interview... 

Graham Chisholm and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper

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Jones Beach and Point Lookout After the Storm

By Corey March 19, 2010 1 comment

On Tuesday, my last day of my leave of absence before my return to work (sigh) Daisy was kind enough to to let me out of the house and Danny, one of my Queens birding pals, was kind enough to agree on an expedition to two of the best birding spots on the south shore [...]

Decisions, decisions - a blogger walks!

By Charlie March 18, 2010 5 comments

Some time ago (I just checked, and wow, it was all the way back on the 18th January) I wrote a short-ish and fairly meandering post (Decisions, decisions - a blogger writes?) in which I admitted that after twenty years of flying around the world with a ‘major’ airline (though not ‘major’ for much longer [...]

CITES: Compromising bluefin tuna to death

By Charlie March 18, 2010 No comments yet

Another typical CITES meeting - economics rule, intelligence withers on the vine: “Opposition grew today against a proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna, with several Arab countries joining Japan in arguing it would hurt poor fishing nations and wasn’t scientifically justified.” What a quotation, what a farce. Surely, rational people might ask, [...]

Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2010?

By Mike March 18, 2010 10 comments

Time to shake off the excesses of St. Patrick’s Day celebration (unless you’re a devotee of drunk birding) and embrace the coming vernal equinox. Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Share your plans in the comments below.
I’m hoping to hit Owl Woods for early spring migrants this weekend. Charlie will be [...]

Mike Tyson Racing Birds Reality Show

By Corey March 18, 2010 3 comments

This is one of those ideas that might be a total train wreck, but might be a train wreck that one would want to watch.  I’m generally not a fan of pigeon racing, especially because losing birds are often abandoned or killed, but at least they are domesticated animals and not wild birds being captured [...]

I and the Bird #121

By Mike March 18, 2010 1 comment

The nature blogging world is full of givers. You know what I mean by that… people who give unstintingly of their time, passion, and expertise. After all, in many ways, blogging is the worst kind of job, one with daily deadlines and correspondence but little to no pay. The benefits can be awesome though!
It should [...]

Malta: Shot birds of prey signal spring migration

By Charlie March 18, 2010 4 comments

The title of this post says it all - while Europe’s birders are looking forward to the first swallows and warblers arriving, Malta’s illegal hunters are greeting the coming of the spring by getting their guns out and shooting everything that moves.

I’d like to see the goddam hunting lobby on the Bloody Archipelago defend these [...]

Birds Korea and The Four Rivers Project

By Charlie March 17, 2010 2 comments

The threat of development hangs over many of the world’s wetlands, but in South Korea it does far more than just hang. Having helped drive the Spoon-billed Sandpiper towards extinction with the massive Saemangeum reclamation - a vast area of critical importance to staging shorebirds which was finally closed off to the sea in 2006 [...]

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