Birds
I And The Bird #124
Welcome to the #124th edition of I And The Bird. This week’s nature blog journey takes us from the ashy plumes of Iceland to the stacky mountains of Gippland in Victoria, Australia with numerous stops in between. Along the way we find incredible birds and incredible moments in birding. Thanks to the many writers and [...]
Are You Joining The Biggest Week in American Birding?
The Biggest Week in American Birding takes place during the peak of spring migration from May 6 – 16, 2010 at Magee Marsh/Crane Creek/Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. These lakeside locations in northwest Ohio are arguably one of the most productive warbler fallout zones in the world. On May 7th I’ll venture to NW ohio, a place [...]
Send your I and the Bird #124 Submissions
I am hosting the next (#124) I and The Bird on April 29th. Gulp. Send your latest and greatest blog posts to me! ALL topics are welcome. But in honor of my last blog post on bird-human interactions…I encourage you to submit a story of a moment when time stood still and you and a [...]
The Backyard: Bach or Beethoven for Bluebirds?
We know that birds are auditory creatures. We know a female selects her mate based on the quality of his song. We know that when we go into the woods and play birdsongs on our iPods, birds will come investigate. But will they sing to classical music? Well, this little story unfolded in my mother’s [...]
Hermit Thrush at Owl Woods, NY
Whenever the illustrious Mike Bergin of 10000birds.com is hunting for owls around Rochester, I am obliged to accompany him as his talisman, his good luck charm, his supersonic owl finder. (I’ll tell you, but nobody else, that I’m exceptionally sharp at finding owls, but we’ve had some excellent luck at scoring Strix and Bubo and [...]
Weekend Feeder Birds
Despite the sometimes cold/rainy weather, last weekend offered several good birding opportunities, both in the backyard and in swampy woods. My mom’s feeders are as busy as Starbucks on Times Square, with the antics of at least two or three feeder birds in view at one time. Mom also has a pair of nesting bluebirds. [...]
Rochester Birding Association Digital Birding App Presentation
Thanks to all the local Rochesterians who came out to Brighton Town Hall to hear me wax on about technology and mobile birding applications last night. A decent-sized crowd listened to my evangelical ravings about smartphone technology as it applies to the pursuit of birding. Toward the end, things got a little crazy when I [...]
Presentation on Mobile Apps at Rochester Birding Association
It’s official. I’m presenting a talk on digital revolution of birding/mobile birding apps at next week’s Rochester Birding Association monthly meeting on April 8 at 7:30 pm (Brighton Town Hall, 2300 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY). My talk expands on articles on mobile apps that I’ve recently written for Birder’s World, Birding, and iPhone Life. I will [...]
Sparrows vs. Bluebirds: Enter The Starling
Ten days ago I observed a pair of bluebirds tidying last year’s nest. That early couple, which carried nesting material in their beaks while ducking in and out of the box, seemed completely devoted to the location and I assumed they were last year’s couple returning. But they didn’t show up the next day, nor since. [...]
Great Horned Owl Mobbed by Six Crows
Continuation of My Excellent Adventure in Ithaca, NY. I miss living in the country, so when my friend Krissie and I woke last Saturday to the sound of coyotes howling in the mist surrounding Marie Read’s house, which she shares with her husband Peter Wrege (director of Elephant Listening Project at Cornell), I knew the [...]
My Excellent Adventure in Ithaca, NY
This weekend I traveled back to Ithaca, NY to visit friends from my days at Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Going back is always fun because of the quality of my friendships, the interesting work they do, and because I get to pull the Finger Lakes experience around me like a warm winter coat.
