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Fall Bird Banding @ Braddock Bay

September 3, 2009

Today I took the kids over to Braddock Bay Bird Observatory, or more specifically to the Manitou Beach Banding Station, which is located on the near-shore area of Rochester, NY, just south of Lake Ontario. For 25 years, volunteers have been banding birds during spring and fall migration. I went to observe the process and [...]

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Hey, The Old Birding Thrills Still Resonate!

May 27, 2009

Check out my previous post for the preamble to today’s outing.
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I woke with the sun on Saturday morning.
I TRIED to talk myself into enjoying a nice morning on the front porch watching the steam rise from my coffee cup, but all I could think about was that Indigo Bunting that nested in Mendon Ponds last year. [...]

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Bird Banding @ Braddock Bay Bird Observatory

May 19, 2009

On Sunday, May 17, I journeyed back to the Ontario lakeshore to meet my friend, former colleague, and fellow blogger (Feather and Flower), Mike Powers  at the Kaiser-Manitou Beach Banding Station owned by the Braddock Bay Bird Observatory. It was a chilly but sunny morning and warblers were plenty. Mike brought his little daughter along so we [...]

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