Tag: I Am Birder - Page 3

Inspiration

The Headless Birder

December 26, 2013 by Dragan 7 Comments

Some time ago, I was doing research of waterbird migrations with a friend of mine, a young ornithologist currently busy writing his Ph.D. thesis...

Inspiration

Chooory Kuteew

November 26, 2013 by Felonious Jive 4 Comments

William L. Dawson was an unparalleled wordsmith when it came to birds. Many have sung songs of adulation and worship for him…I say we...

Birding

15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

October 22, 2013 by Felonious Jive 12 Comments

Hello my birding sons and daughters. Today we speak of the not-so-distant past, the present, and the history in between. A large portion of...

Birds

Do The Splits

August 27, 2013 by Felonious Jive No Comments

The recent American Ornithological Union (AOU) decisions to split Sage Sparrow (RIP) into Sagebrush Sparrow and Bell’s Sparrow has the Birdosphere buzzing on everything from...

Birding

Birds Don’t Have Wings, And They Don’t Use Them

June 30, 2013 by Felonious Jive 6 Comments

Blue-gray Tanager is a bird reasonable to expect in the U.S. as a vagrant someday…they are common in many habitats in eastern Mexico. If...

Birds

Say Hello To…Pacific Fulmar?

May 28, 2013 by Felonious Jive 1 Comment

Splits, splits, splits. Birders, for the most part, love them. While many of us anxiously await the AOU’s decisions on some recently proposed splits...

Trips

Birding Santa Cruz Island

April 25, 2013 by Felonious Jive 8 Comments

Today we take a brief reprieve from birder commentary to talk actual birds, specifically those of Santa Cruz Island, where my lowly-esteemed colleague Seagull...