Month: June 2011 - Page 10

Birding

Pelagic Birds of the Eastern Mediterranean

June 10, 2011 by Dan 3 Comments

The Eastern Mediterranean Sea is what oceanographers call ultraoligotrophic, meaning that it has low primary productivity. Basically there just aren’t enough nutrients to sustain...

Birding

The Wearing of the Bins

by Bill 16 Comments

I’ve been to a lot of birding festivals—sometimes as a speaker, sometimes as a trip leader, and sometimes just because I love going to...

Birding

Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of June 2011?

June 9, 2011 by Mike 12 Comments

The official start of summer hasn’t yet arrived, but those of you struggling through record-setting spikes in temperature may be in no mood for...

Birds

AOU to leave Mexican Duck in limbo

by David 1 Comment

When the American Ornithologists’ Union publishes its annual North American checklist update next month, many birders will be disappointed to see that a proposal...

Birds

Yellow-headed Blackbirds: Conspicuous Wetland Breeders

June 8, 2011 by Larry 8 Comments

Yellow-headed Blackbirds (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) are robin-sized blackbirds found in prairie and mountain meadow wetlands of the western and central United States and Canada. They...

Birds

History repeating itself

by Duncan 3 Comments

If studying insects would lead you to suppose that God had an “an inordinate fondness for beetles”, studying the pre-human avifauna of the Pacific...

News

Avian Architecture Giveaway

June 7, 2011 by Mike 1 Comment

Have you gotten a look at Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build by Peter Goodfellow yet? If you’re fascinated with the ways birds design,...

Reptiles