Midwest Birding Symposium
Approaches to Bird Identification & A Kirtland’s Warbler
I recall an interesting conversation I had at the Midwest Birding Symposium on approaches to bird identification. To set the stage, I also dug up a few more decent shots of the Kirtland’s Warbler at East Harbor State Park, western Lake Erie in Ohio (September 18, 2009). At lunch I had the pleasure of sitting [...]
Revisiting The Kirtland’s Warbler
The hour of 3 am and I are becoming intimate bedfellows. That being the case, I may as well prop up my eyelids with toothpicks, wince from the glare of my screen in this darkened room, and report on my trip to the Midwest Birding Symposium. I went into the symposium believing that I was [...]
My Life Kirtland’s Warbler (i.e., Life Is Good At MBS)
My $75 registration fee was just returned in spades. During one of the early morning talks at MBS today, my cell phone vibrated with a very curious message: “Kirtland’s Warbler at East Harbor State Park, Meadow Trail.” At that point, I had to bail on the fine and illustrious speaker, Jim McCormac, because I knew [...]
Good morning from the Midwest Birding Symposium (MBS)
Writing from the Coffee and Cream cafe in Lakeside, Ohio. Weather is splendid, there’s good energy in the air, and many happy people walking around anticipating opening ceremonies that occur in about two hours. I spent the majority of the first day at MBS birder-watching. Migrant flocks of old friends mixed with others I’d [...]
