Tag: Bird Behavior

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Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior, by John Kricher — a review

November 14, 2020 by Mark No Comments

This year has been bountiful in books about bird behavior (reference and otherwise) from the likes of David Allen Sibley, Helen Macdonald, Jennifer Ackerman,...

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The Bird Way: A Book Review

September 1, 2020 by Donna No Comments

One good thing about birding during a pandemic–the forced restrictions on place and time translate into more time to observe what birds do. And...

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Hungry Osprey in North Carolina

April 16, 2018 by Corey 8 Comments

While on our beach vacation in the Outer Banks of North Carolina in early April I took full advantage of our location just off...

Birds

Opportunistic Herons Catching Fish

September 4, 2017 by Corey No Comments

I spent a bunch of time this weekend visiting birding spots in far southeastern Queens, along the coast and adjacent to Nassau County. One...

Birds

Cattle Egrets Eating Herps at the Viera Wetlands

February 1, 2016 by Corey 2 Comments

While I was at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in January I spent most of one afternoon taking my time driving around...

Birding

Do birds avoid predators because of culture?

December 15, 2015 by Greg 2 Comments

Tradeoffs in behavior, and plasticity We assume natural selection has shaped birds to avoid predators. Noticing predators, reacting to them perhaps with an alarm...

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Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

June 2, 2015 by Donna 4 Comments

Producing a book about birds and nesting is a dangerous business. First of all, there is the cuteness factor. The truth is that there...

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Just like in people, yawning is contagious in birds

June 1, 2015 by Meredith Mann No Comments

Apologies in advance for the ridiculous amount of yawns that reading this post will engender. (Our first victim appears to be the Ring-billed Gull above,...

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