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• It’s Really Hard to Look Through Binoculars When It’s Snowing.

  

  Yellow Creek SP on 2/8/2012This afternoon, I spent an hour and fifteen minutes birding Yellow Creek State Park. Snow picked up as time went on making it... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• American Bird Conservancy Needs Your Help!

  

  If we do not use bird smart renewable energy, then our little feathered friends will be in trouble.The American Bird Conservancy is urging birders and... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Princeton Released Two New Field Guides This Week.

  

  This week, Princeton University Press released two new field guides.Located in the southern Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela, the islands of Aruba,... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Bird Banding at Idaho Bird Observatory

  Here is a nice video that Wild Lens put together describing bird banding by biologists from Idaho Bird Observatory at their Lucky Peak banding station. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Looking Forward to The Great Backyard Bird Count!

  

  This year marks the 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count and will take place February 17-20. The GBBC is hosted by Audubon, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology,... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• January 2012 in Review

  During the first month on 2012, a lot of events happened here at Words about Birds. Nate and I welcomed our first guest blogger, Krista Greenwood, who observed... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• More to Come in the Crossley ID Guide Series!

  I am extremely excited to see more Crossley ID Guides that cover different parts of the world. Crossley is working on three new guides, British Birds, Western... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• How Are Your Year Lists Looking So Far?

  

  female Northern Cardinal in my yard on 1/16/2012As I started out the new year, I was hoping to beat my year list of 340 species from last year. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Review: Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East

  

  As someone who is interested in all aspects of the natural world, I am always excited when a new field guide becomes available especially on a topic that I am... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Cumberland Co. Rarities

  

  Today Drew Weber, Alex Lamoreaux, Josh Lefever, Ian Gardner, and I set out to find the Cumberland County rarities that have been reported over the last few... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Two Rad Releases from Princeton University Press This Week!

  

  Princeton University Press released two new titles under their Birds and Natural History subject this week.The New World tropics are home to the richest avifaun... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Finally! Birds at My Double Tray Window Bird Feeder

  

  American Tree Sparrow at window feeder on 1/14/2012Back in June, I entered a contest over at The Nemesis Bird to try and win a Double Tray Window Bird Feeder... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Northern Lycoming County Winter Raptor Survey

  

  This morning Dave Ferry and I conducted a Winter Raptor Survey in the northern part of Lycoming county. We focused our efforts on Cogan House and Jackson... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• One More Reason to eBird This January!

  

  eBird just posted a link that shows the total number of checklists submitted for the month of January since the beginning of eBird. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• 2012 Alamos Wildlands Alliance Bird-a-thon!

  

  Two members of the BORDER PATROL, Ben and Mandy (Photo credit: Ben Zyla)A few good friends of mine and fellow birders are participating in the 2012 Alamos... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Black-capped Petrel Chick Video!

  Here is a very neat video showing the progress of a endangered Black-capped Petrel chick from hatching to fledgling. Check out The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Two Lick Creek Reservoir–1/10/2012

  

  Two Lick Creek Reservoir on 1/10/2012After birding Yellow Creek SP Tuesday morning, Lee (one of the Todd Bird Club members) and I headed to Two Lick Creek... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Book Review–Fall of the Birds

  

  Fall of the Birds by Bradford Morrow was an extremely interesting read. Once I started reading the book, I could not put it down. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Yellow Creek State Park–1/10/2012

  

  Today was the second Todd Bird Club outing of the year at Yellow Creek SP. This was my first time joining members of the club at Yellow Creek. I’ve birded the... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Great Gray Owl in Kingsville, ON

  

  Hello to all the Words about Birds readers! I was asked by Tim to do a special guest post about the Great Gray Owl I went to see in Kingsville, Ontario this pas... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT