Month: May 2014 - Page 3

Birds

Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrushes

May 21, 2014 by Duncan No Comments

I love babblers, and whether you treat them as a single family or several (and I understand the jury keeps getting called back on...

Trips

Calling All Birders: Come To Hog Island!

May 20, 2014 by Suzie 2 Comments

The first time I saw a puffin, it was a revelation. I’d seen pictures of them, of course – the stocky, flamboyantly-beaked little seabirds...

Birds

Birdie Magnetic Sense and Human Generated Electromagnetic Fields

by Greg No Comments

Bird Navigation is an amazing, mysterious thing. For years, birds have outsmarted scientists over this issue, mainly I think because people looking into navigation...

Trips

The Horned Guan in Chiapas

by a Guest 1 Comment

Kathi Borgmann and Josh Beck are living the dream of many a North American birder. They packed up in June of 2013 and headed...

Birds

A Wonderfully Cooperative Cape May Warbler

May 19, 2014 by Corey 5 Comments

Earlier this month I had stopped at Forest Park for a quick, late-morning, visit as we birders in Queens tend to do, especially in...

Birds

Looking at the Ladies

by Corey 1 Comment

In spring migration most of the attention that birders pay to birds is given to males. There are two basic reasons for this. First,...

Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of May 2014)

by Mike 3 Comments

We birders seem to keep our own arcane calendar, with weeks and months symbolized not by numbers but rather by avian avatars. Each phenological...

Birding

Reconstructing a new bower

May 18, 2014 by Clare M 3 Comments

The Great Bowerbirds around Broome have been busy reconstructing their bowers. These stick constructions are designed to attract female birds and several male birds...

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