Month: September 2013 - Page 2

Birding

Where Are You Birding This Last Weekend of September 2013?

September 26, 2013 by Mike 7 Comments

Keep your eyes to the skies for swallows… you know what they are, right? If you subscribe to the maxim that an apple a...

I and the Bird

I and the Bird: What is a Swallow?

by Nate 4 Comments

If birders say they love birds ostensibly because they can fly and we cannot, then there must be no more beloved group of birds...

Conservation

The Everglade Snail Kite Is Making a Comeback

September 25, 2013 by Alfredo Begazo No Comments

The critically endangered Everglade Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) is making a comeback aided by an unintended introduction of an exotic snail. Over the last...

Birds

The First Diabolical Wood-Warbler Quiz of 2013

by Corey 20 Comments

Can you handle it? It is fall, the time of year when wood-warblers are at their most difficult, and I have curated three images...

Conservation

Pelican Release with International Bird Rescue

by Larry 2 Comments

There are advantages to being a “Pelican Partner” for International Bird Rescue! First, you get to tour one of their California centers, you get...

Birding

California’s Autumn Seas

by Duncan 1 Comment

Autumn, or fall, as Americans persist in calling it, is not a season I am experiencing at the moment. Because of my location it...

Trips

Potrero de Yala – Lakes – Yungas Forest and Birds

September 24, 2013 by Renato 1 Comment

Continued from: Birding Cuesta del Obispo and Los Cardones National Park This is an important conservation area declared a Biosphere by UNESCO for its...