Month: January 2007

News

What’s In a Scientific Name?

January 31, 2007 by Mike No Comments

Tangled Bank #72, hosted quite ably at Ouroboros, can shed some light on that subject, as well as canger, aging, and the history of...

News

The Bird Ecology Study Group Blog Has Moved

January 30, 2007 by Mike No Comments

to a new site. I think it looks better than ever!Â If you don’t regularly visit this site, a group effort of some very...

Trips

Stalking the Piermont Snowy Owl

by Mike 11 Comments

In my previous post , I described a moderately successful owl prowl, in that I did spot an owl or two, obscured though those...

Trips

Pelham Bay With the Pros

January 29, 2007 by Mike 2 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I complained about my rotten owl luck. Since this dismal situation was clearly not going to improve on its...

Terminology

Color Me Plumbeous

January 26, 2007 by Mike 8 Comments

Another interesting, some might say antiquated color choice employed by those who get to name birds is plumbeous. Plumbeous refers to a heavy, leaden...

News

Attention NYC-area Birders

by Mike No Comments

The February 10, 2007 Freeport NY Pelagic trip may not sail…if you don’t join it!Â I took this particular excursion last year and it...

I and the Bird

I and the Bird #41

January 25, 2007 by Mike 2 Comments

(I first used this introduction last January when Aydin of Snail’s Tales presented a perfectly poetic I and the Bird #15. Almost exactly one...

Bugs, Reviews

Audubon Field Guide to Butterflies

January 24, 2007 by Mike 2 Comments

Along with the expected assortment of bird books for Christmas, I received a butterfly guide, specifically the National Audubon Society Field Guide to North...

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