Month: February 2013

Birding

Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2013

February 28, 2013 by Mike 2 Comments

Wouldn’t you love to visit Cape Kidnappers in NZ, where Duncan Wright has enjoyed sauvignon and seabirds? March comes in like a lion and goes...

Birds

Hybrid Teal Hotness

by Mike No Comments

In February 2012, a gorgeous Blue-winged/Green-winged Teal visited Brazos Bend State Park in Texas, much to the delight of local birders. Chris Hirsch let me...

Birds

White Stork in New York

February 27, 2013 by Corey 10 Comments

Imagine coming home after a long day at work, pulling into your driveway, looking up on the roof, and seeing a White Stork perched...

Birds

The Marsh Wren Singing and Gathering Nesting Material

by Larry 9 Comments

If you have ever visited an area where cattail and/or bulrush thrive, you will undoubtedly have heard the call of the Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) in the winter...

Conservation

Little Barrier Island and the New Zealand Storm-petrel

by Duncan 1 Comment

Little Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland was already one of the most important offshore reserves in New Zealand. The island was...

Birding

Literature, Sex, and Birds

February 26, 2013 by Corey 2 Comments

Jonathan Franzen gets it right in this interview by Susan Cosier for Audubon Magazine. In response to being asked what got him into birding...

Birding

Whooping Crane Ancestry

by James 1 Comment

So what’s so special about seeing the resident re-introduced Whooping Cranes in Florida? According to the ABA, they are not countable. And when you see...

I and the Bird

I and the Bird: All the Ardeids

by Nate No Comments

We’re going big with next month’s installment of I and the Bird. The family Ardeidae consists on long-legged, long-necked, long-beaked, water birds called waders...

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