Tag: birding festival
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 [...]
Birding Guide: Eastern Shore of Virginia (Pt 1)
The Eastern Shore of Virginia is a critical staging area for migratory birds along the mid-Atlantic flyway. Each fall, favorable wind conditions funnel migratory birds down the DelMarVa Peninsula where they rest and refuel on its largely undeveloped coastline.
Birding Guide: Eastern Shore of Virginia (Part III: Links)
The Eastern Shore of Virginia contains the longest stretch of undeveloped coast on the eastern seaboard. Here’s a list of the best natural areas on the peninsula with recommendations for lodging, food, and area attractions.
Another Adirondack Birding Festival, June 19-21
Hey there! Yet another Adirondack birding festival to report. Coming THIS WEEKEND, June 19 – 21, the 5th Annual Hamilton County Birding Festival will take place. Click here for a list of birds you might get to see during this festival. You won’t find a single traffic light in Hamilton County, which is the third largest [...]
Great Adirondack Birding Celebration – THIS weekend!
REMINDER: The Seventh Annual Great Adirondack Birding Celebration will be held June 5-7 at the Adirondack Park Agency Visitor Interpretive Center in Paul Smiths. The weekend features birding trips, lectures, workshop and the popular Teddy Roosevelt Birding Challenge. The keynote address will be given by Bridget Stutchbury, York University professor of biology. For more information, [...]
June is Birding Month in The Adirondacks
The Adirondack Park is a haven for boreal birds that migrate to the region every spring. Migrants arrive in full force by late May, and by June, roughly 176 different bird species will be on breeding territory, including 76 neotropical migrants (such as Cape May and Bay-breasted warblers). In a mere two weeks, I will be making a solo [...]
Chasing a Black-headed Needle In a Haystack (part 3)
This story continues from (part 1), (part 2) *** We stood on the banks of the Niagara River staring at a ginormous flock of seagulls. Thankfully, Brad is a patient and knowledgeable birder. Cross that with an obsessive desire to finally nail his NY nemesis, he needed all the eyes he could train on this flock. He [...]
Festival of the Birds at Presque Isle, Pennsylvania
Now here’s a festival I wish I could attend. On three days surrounding International Migratory Bird Day (May 9), the Festival of the Birds will take place on a small peninsula in eastern Lake Erie called Presque Isle. “Presque” is a French term meaning “almost an island.” The Isle, known as a recurving sand spit [...]
First Inaugural Birding Festival at Roger Tory Peterson Institute
To celebrate the life and legacy of Roger Tory Peterson, the Roger Tory Peterson Institute will launch its inaugural annual birding festival June 4-7, 2009. The focus of the festival will be eastern North American warblers on the Allegheny Plateau. Twenty-five warblers are known to breed in the area and the festival will offer several [...]
