Month: June 2013

Birds, Conservation

A Modest Proposal for a Wildlife Conservation Stamp

June 30, 2013 by Meredith Mann 5 Comments

A mockup of what a Wildlife Conservation Stamp might look like Duck hunting is big business in the United States. (Just ask whoever greenlit...

Birding

Birds Don’t Have Wings, And They Don’t Use Them

by Felonious Jive 6 Comments

Blue-gray Tanager is a bird reasonable to expect in the U.S. as a vagrant someday…they are common in many habitats in eastern Mexico. If...

Birding

Minyirr Park, Broome

by Clare M 8 Comments

Broome is famous for its beautiful long beach, Cable Beach, which runs for approximately 23 kilometres from Gantheaume Point in the south to Willie Creek...

Trips

Birding Iceland on the Fly

June 29, 2013 by a Guest 6 Comments

Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. After taking...

Plants

Camas and Cranes

June 28, 2013 by Carrie 2 Comments

Highway 12, as it takes you from Montana into Idaho, has been the road to some of my greatest adventures during my time here....

Birding

Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of June 2013?

by Mike 1 Comment

What is better than a bluebird (Western in this case) against a blue sky? April showers bring May flowers. June showers bring mosquitoes and...

Birds

What’s In the Freezer for Tonight?

by Suzie 3 Comments

A wildlife rehabilitator friend, newly licensed, recently called to ask if he could feed a recovering Turkey Vulture anything besides defrosted rodents. Well! Did...