Tag: buntings

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B is for Bunting

July 19, 2024 by David T 3 Comments

Handsome but never flashy, the Old World Buntings are a fascinating family of birds. There are no fewer than 45 of them, of which...

Birding

Buntings of Nanhui, Shanghai

January 23, 2020 by Kai Pflug 2 Comments

I feel that like most bird families (with the obvious exception of pheasants), buntings are somewhat underrated. They lack both the flashiness larger birds...

Birding

Three Impressions

July 7, 2016 by Dragan 1 Comment

1. Two more sparrows on the macadam ahead of me… In my early birding days, I would simply assume that they are sparrows, possibly...

Birds

The Lazuli Bunting Will Certainly Brighten Your Day

August 28, 2013 by Larry 14 Comments

During March and April the Lazuli Buntings (Passerina amoena) begin showing up in Southern California but we don’t usually see them up north until...

Conservation

Yellowhammer Dialects Project

March 11, 2013 by a Guest No Comments

Pavel Pipek is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Ecology at Charles University in Prague whose current focus is invasion ecology. Pavel and...

Birds

It feels like spring….

September 5, 2012 by Duncan 2 Comments

…so here’s a post about some birds at a spring. Okay, that’s a fairly weak way to start a post. I’m sorry. Second week...

Birds

Indigo Boys

April 30, 2012 by Corey 7 Comments

One of the most exciting aspects of bird migration in a coastal location is the potential for large numbers of birds to find themselves...

Birds

The Elusive Painted Bunting

March 24, 2011 by Nate 10 Comments

I was in Florida last week, the freakiest of the southeastern states. Its peninsular shape, dipping so seductively into the neotropic Caribbean, suggest a...

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