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October 2003 was another outstanding month for the Core Team, one that brought us down the Delmarva Peninsula for a family fishing trip. Of course, we had to check out the wild ponies of Assateague Island while we were there! Not only was the birding excellent at Virginia’s Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, but we stopped [...]

If you love bird watching, then you love the great outdoors, and that means that you have something in common with the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club is, in their own words, “America’s oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization.” They are passionate national advocates for clean water, protected forests, renewable energy, environmentalist rights, [...]

Next time you feel overwhelmed by how many birds there are in the world and how much work it is to keep track of them, be thankful that you’re more interested in feathered flyers than scaly swimmers. According to the Associated Press, an ongoing Census of Marine Life, the first effort of its kind, is [...]

Lowe’s Companies, Inc., well-known for their home improvement retail stores, issued a press release today to drum up business from birders. They now carry National Geographic birding products.  Since the release is somewhat informative, we’re going to share a chunk of it, but if you disagree with any of it, take it up with Lowe’s.
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One of the biggest draws of bird watching as a hobby is its costs, or lack thereof. In addition to being  low-tech, birding is extremely inexpensive. After all, the main attraction is free! You simply cannot pay a rare warbler to fly over head, no matter how well-connected you are. Birds come and go as [...]

This weekend found the Core Team in beautiful Potter County, PA visiting Sara’s folks. Her mother, Ann is, in my humple opinion, the queen of backyard birding. Her secret is that her backyard is actually a farm and that she deploys six different types of feeders. We’re happy to say that her methods work well. [...]

We erroneously dubbed the Northern Bobwhite we recently spotted at Bombay Hook our first gallinaceous bird. It is correct that the northern bobwhite is gallinaceous, but so are the Wild Turkey, Ocellated Turkey, Willow Ptarmigan, Spruce Grouse, Plain Chachalaca, and Crested Guan, which are also on our list. It is more accurate to say that [...]

The end of our Delmarva excursion came all too soon. Amidst the frenzy of clean-up activity before we all deported for the north, we had time for only a brief last look at the birds in the area. We bid farewell to the starlings, sparrows, swallows, and seabirds that crossed the skies above [...]

Our Delmarva Peninsula weekend had just begun, and already half of our group had to leave. Before he hit the road, we dragged Sara’s cousin, Hunter with us to the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. While Seth and Will fished from the beach, we would explore this renowned birding spot. After we dropped [...]

Some people may consider 300 miles too far to drive for just a weekend. The Core Team scoffs at such talk. We love the road and, as readers of this blog have probably realized, we spend a lot of time on it. The Core Team traveled to the Delmarva Peninsula in October 2003 [...]