Cornell Lab eNews October 2013 Spoon-billed Sandpiper Resighted, 10,000 Miles Later Some unexpected good news has us looking back at this 2011 video of an endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper hatching its young in Russia. The adult male in this video was … Continue reading →
31 birders birded Bolsa Chica, briefly, due to high winds and blowing sand and Huntington Beach City Park, throughly, due to added time available. We hand some nice birds and a wonderful time. Here is what we saw: Canada Geese … Continue reading →
Libby Longino, Ozy.com 7 a.m. EDT October 5, 2013 Researches are investigating why the sparrow – long considered a barometer of human environments – is on a dramatic decline. (Photo: … Continue reading →
Stony Swallow Photograph courtesy Nick Brandt A “calcified” swallow sings in stony silence along northern Tanzania‘s Lake Natron (map), which contains so much soda and salt that it would “strip the ink of my Kodak film boxes in … Continue reading →
Posted by Steve Boyes of National Geographic Expeditions in Explorers Journal on October 3, 2013 Malabar pied hornbills are resident to tropical S Asia from India and Sri Lanka E to Borneo. Photographed here in Goa (India). (Anantha … Continue reading →
The Dirt: News from YardMap Joining together to break new ground for birds September 2013 Ripening fruits of the Jack-in-the-pulpit are eaten by birds and mammals. Photo by Distant Hill Gardens. Growing Native Plants from Seed Fall is here, … Continue reading →
Birders, A warm day turned warmer as 21 adults and a 21 month old toddler traipsed around the ponds and fields of Whelan Bird Sanctuary. Pretty interesting vocallizations coming from the little one who was incredibly well-behaved and fun to … Continue reading →
By John R. Platt | September 20, 2013 | Just one week after the California legislature voted to ban lead ammunition to protect California condors from the toxic substance, which they can consume via carcasses shot by hunters, new research … Continue reading →
Professional studies habits and waits patiently to capture extraordinary scenes By Ernie Cowan, Special to the U-T 1 p.m.Sept. 20, 2013 The grace of a snowy egret is captured through the lens of photographer Mike Thirkell. If birds are poetry … Continue reading →
Hi Birders, Yesterday, Saturday, 9/21, twenty-four birders walked around Lake Kumeyaay and a portion of the adjacent Old Mission Dam Grasslands Crossing Trail. The weather was perfect for the beginning of Fall and we found 47 bird species. The best … Continue reading →