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Two New Owl Cams With Owlets and Eggs!
Bird Cams eNews April 11, 2014 Our Owls Are a Hoot! With the launch of two new owl cams—the Barn Owl cam in Texas and the Wild Birds Unlimited Barred Owl cam in Indiana—the excitement is building. Early in the morning on April 8, … Continue reading
Scientists name world’s 100 most unique and endangered birds
‘Little dodo’, flightless parrot and giant ibis among species ranked by evolutionary distinctiveness and global extinction risk • In pictures – top 10 most unique and endangered birds Jessica Aldred theguardian.com, Thursday 10 April 2014 12.00 EDT … Continue reading
Cornell Lab eNews: Feathers As You’ve Never Seen Them Before
Cornell Lab eNews – March 2014 Get Fascinated by Feathers With New All About Bird Biology Site Feathers are amazing: they’re light, aerodynamic, beautifully patterned, colorful, waterproof, and warm. To help curious minds of all ages learn about these impressive structures, … Continue reading
San Pasqual Agricultural Trail Field Trip Results
Hi Friends, Yesterday, April 5, twenty-three birders walked a portion of the San Pasqual Agricultural Trail. The morning weather was cool and I think everybody had a great time. We found 56 bird species. We had good looks at the … Continue reading
Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week #64
Posted by Steve Boyes of National Geographic Expeditions in Explorers Journal on April 8, 2014 “Perfect display!” Woodland kingfishers are a widespread cavity-nesting tree kingfishers in tropical Africa S of the Sahara and from the N part of South Africa N throughout subtropics. (Chris Krog) “Taking off … Continue reading
Birds of a Feather, Hummingbird Family Tree Unveiled
FILE – An Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) feeds on a Bird of Paradise plant along a canyon in Encinitas, California, Sept. 12, 2007 Reuters April 03, 2014 WASHINGTON — For such small creatures, hummingbirds certainly have racked up … Continue reading
Alert: Whooping Crane Shootings & Ten Ways to Help Spring’s Migrating Birds
Urge Action on Whooping Crane Shootings Whooping Cranes are one of our country’s most majestic birds—and also one of our most endangered. Though the species once ranged throughout the Great Plains and Gulf Coast regions, the Whooping Crane population … Continue reading
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Bird-watching experts reveal their favorite apps
Ann Wessel, awessel@stcloudtimes.com11:12 p.m. CDT March 28, 2014 More birders are leaving the books at home and turning to apps as a lightweight, compact alternative. Even experienced bird-watchers find them useful while vacationing among unfamiliar species. Spindly … Continue reading
Lake Hodges (Del Dios area) Trip Report
The weather was perfect for 24 birders. The highlight was a Merlin that took a Cliff Swallow and ate it in a nearby tree. We had a lot of discussion if it was a Peregrine Falcon, Cooper’s or Merlin. Later, … Continue reading
Minnesota DNR’s eagle cam draws viewers worldwide
Article by: JIM ADAMS , Star Tribune Updated: March 28, 2014 – 11:47 AM The DNR’s eagle cam has allowed people to see births of eaglets. Feeding time for the newly hatched eaglets, as captured by the … Continue reading
Texas Oil Spill Is Killing Birds, Threatening Fishing Industry
BY KATIE VALENTINE ON MARCH 28, 2014 AT 11:59 AM A lesser scaup is held for cleaning at a wildlife rescue site, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Baytown, Texas. CREDIT: AP PHOTO/PAT SULLIVAN Ship traffic may have reopened on Galveston Bay after a collision … Continue reading
Galveston Oil Spill Threatening Crucial Bird Refuge
Though smaller than the 2010 Gulf spill, this oil spill could still harm birds. An oil containment boom cuts across a sandbar covered with birds on Pelican Island near Galveston, Texas. PHOTOGRAPH BY SMILEY N. POOL, HOUSTON … Continue reading
Will a Movie About Birding Finally Get It Right?
It shouldn’t be so hard to make a bald eagle sound like a bald eagle. By Nicholas Lund Courtesy of Dreamfly Productions/Screen Media Films When Top Gun was released in 1986, the U.S. Navy saw a 500 percent increase in pilot recruits. The Karate … Continue reading
Record 127 Countries Participate in Bird Count
Snow geese, Canada geese most numerous species Posted: March 22, 2014 – 5:02pm By Marc Murrell Special to the Capital-Journal A new record was broken in the birding world, according to officials at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National … Continue reading
Whelan Lake Birding Trip Report
Today was a cool, partially overcast, but comfortable day as our large bunch of PAS birders, together with several Buena Vista tag-alongs, explored the Eastern shores of Whelan Lake and points beyond. We split into three groups and with about 70+ eyes we … Continue reading
Dan Suzio Photography Offering Workshop in Ecuador in September
Black-tailed trainbearer, female (left) and male Join me for a photography workshop in Ecuador With over 1,600 species in an area smaller than the state of Arizona, Ecuador’s diversity of birds is among the highest in the world. The country’s … Continue reading
Bird Cams eNews
Big Red’s secret surprise: the first egg of 2014! Watch the highlight. Big Red and Ezra Return! Big Red laid her first egg this year, March 19, 2014, just after1:00 P.M. EDT (watch the highlight). Nesting on the same light pole as … Continue reading
Why Do Birds Sing in the Morning?
BY MARY BATES 03.17.14 Photo: pam’s pics via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY-NC 2.0 license. It’s that time of year: despite the still-freezing temperatures and lack of greenery, birds are beginning to think it’s spring. And in spring male birds’ … Continue reading