Head over to livingbird.org to read the Summer 2008 issue of Living Bird for free online. Lab members will have seen these stories in the print magazine they received in July, but this online version features extra photo galleries and videos. That includes rare photos of a young Roger Tory Peterson, gorgeous samples of his [...]
Pretty much every nature center, National Wildlife Refuge, and Audubon sanctuary has one: a wind-battered, rain-spattered clipboard hanging from the entrance kiosk, pencil stub dangling on a piece of string, a couple dozen notable birds jotted on it in as many styles of handwriting. It’s the park sightings list, and it’s either your first stop [...]
I ran into Project FeederWatch leader David Bonter yesterday as I was having lunch beside Sapsucker Woods Pond. David was dressed in jeans and carrying a sack of sunflower seeds, nearly empty from his feeder-filling trip around the pond. It’s been chilly in Ithaca lately, with hard frosts and crisp air sending titmice, chickadees, and [...]
It’s about time for new issues of BirdScope and Living Bird to be hitting members‘ mailboxes, so today I thought I’d point out the cover image from summer’s BirdScope. With fall migration in full swing, this nighttime satellite photo is a stark reminder of the hazards birds face during their midnight flights.
I’m posting this after [...]
The Big Sit passed me by this year, but I’m wondering how many other birders dedicated last Sunday to sitting in a 17-foot-diameter circle and counting all the birds they saw or heard.
I did go out birding Saturday morning, just long enough to snag a greenish Blackpoll Warbler among a horde of yellow-rumps along the [...]
The New York Times has a great article and slideshow about birds as the inspiration for artists throughout history. The piece surveys a handful of new books on the subject, kicking off with some colorful details about the big kahuna himself, John James Audubon. (i.e., We learn how Audubon got a Golden Eagle to pose [...]
A few weeks ago, veteran Round Robin brainstormer Birdfreak wrote in to request a graphic button he and others could post on their blogs to promote Round Robin. We thought it was a great idea. I mean, if our blog is about some of the brightest and flashiest of all animals, why link to it [...]
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