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• Kansas whooping cranes linger longer

  
  Kansas.com Blogs Master Site Feed — Authority: 577
  This morning four whooping cranes stood on a frozen lake in central Kansas while most of their kind bask in the relative warmth of South Texas. Pete Meggers, of the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, saw the birds on the Little Salt Marsh shortly after daylight. He said it’s unusual for the endangered species to be ...
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• Best Bird of the Weekend (First of December 2009)

  
  10,000 Birds — Authority: 479
  How was your weekend? Any good birds? Don’t be shy… tell us about your best bird! My own weekend was rather devoid of birds; I couldn’t even take pleasure in the asymmetrical clash between the Eagles and Falcons.  Charlie didn’t see much worth mentioning either. Fortunately, Corey redeemed us and himself ...
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• Birding at Sea: Pelagic Birding Aboard the Pastime Princess

  
  Blog The Beach — Authority: 126
  Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.comPelagic birds are species that are usually not found close to land. There are some birds that the average person will never see because these birds spend almost their entire lives at sea: Gannets, Shearwaters, Jaegers and Petrels, for example. If you’re not a birder, you’ve ...
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• New Birding iPhone App [BirdsEye]

  
  Mon@rch's Nature Blog — Authority: 115
  </a Review of the new “BirdsEye” iPhone application by Cornell’s eBird!
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• Digital Postcard Series: Canada Goose In Canada

  
  My Only Photo — Authority: 100
  Digital Postcard #0007 Facts About Canada Goose [Branta canadensis] It is believed that there are as many as 11 different races of the Canada Goose. The Canada Goose often is called the Canadian Goose, however, in the ornithological standard this name is not used. Canada Geese are named for Canada even ...
  2 days ago

• Suit up

  
  Run Jean Run — Authority: 121
  What a difference a few days make. Tuesday I was running in 44 degrees. Friday it was 19 with snow flurries. This morning was 15 with a wind chill of 9. Winter has finally started to show up. And it is giving me a chance to try out my snazzy new winter running suit! Ready for winter running This ...
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• Where Should I Go in the Caribbean?

  
  Mokka mit Schlag — Authority: 113
  Beth and I are considering a vacation in the Caribbean in either February or April. I want to see lots of cool birds. She wants to hang out on the beach, go swimming, get massages, and go to the spa. We both like to drink big fruity drinks and eat seafood. Where’s our best option? Maybe Trinidad and Tobago? ...
  2 days ago

• Double Dipping in Queens

  
  10,000 Birds — Authority: 479
  On 22 November, an Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens was seen in an unassuming and overgrown vacant lot in Queens next to the Aqueduct/North Conduit Ave subway stop.  Many birders subsequently tracked down the bird and enjoyed great looks .  Of course I have been a bit too busy to go chasing after ...
  3 days ago

• Birding the Neighborhood Trail

  
  Coyote Mercury — Authority: 104
  They said it would snow today. The blizzard of aught-nine was on its way. There were some flurries around lunchtime, enough to enjoy the feeling of being snowed upon, but soon the temperature dropped and the sun came out to create the kind of brilliant and crisp day we so rarely see here. A great day for hiking while ...
  3 days ago

• Cornell, Apple, and the Birds

  
  The Whispering Crane Institute — Authority: 110
  This was the monthly info sheet sent to me from the fine folks at Cornell, as always some very interesting info. __________________________________________________________________________________ Charlottesville, VA & Ithaca, NY — —“ BirdsEye is the best invention for birding since binoculars,” says ...
  3 days ago

• Historical Bird Records: How much should we believe?

  
  The Nightjar — Authority: 112
  We are very lucky to live in an age, where most birders carry a digital camera out into the field.  If a rare bird appears, it can be quickly and definitively photographed and the pictures shared across the internet in a matter of minutes.  Obviously in the old days, this wasn’t possible.  Birders didn’t ...
  4 days ago

• The Well-read Naturalist: The Bird Watching Answer Book

  
  Born Again Bird Watcher — Authority: 117
  Bird watching is one of those pastimes that can be learnt in five minutes but takes a lifetime to master (if even then). While it essentially requires only one book to practice – a field guide to the birds of the area in which one intends to watch birds – seemingly countless volumes have been written to help those ...
  4 days ago

• Angels and..not

  
  TWO BIRDERS TO GO — Authority: 407
  I have always believed that there is some degree of camaraderie among bird photographers. I mean, isnt it great and even mutually beneficial when bird photographers engage in some convivial discussions or even show some cordiality when bumping into each other in the field? An incident yesterday made me rethink that ...
  4 days ago

• Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of December 2009?

  
  10,000 Birds — Authority: 479
  December has finally arrived. While this year slowly eases into the next, most folks feel they need to spend every free moment preparing for the holidays, usually through epic feats of conspicuous consumption. But there is another way! The best gift you can give your loved ones is to enter the holiday season as ...
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• Traditions Of Christmas Bird Count

  
  Adirondack Almanack — Authority: 479
  The freshly fallen snow has gently coated (well at least for a few hours!) the Adirondack woodlands and fields around our neighborhood. Time to brush off the binoculars, grab the field guides, and find those mittens and wool tuque.Its Christmas Bird Count time! I thought I would give a few details about the history of ...
  4 days ago

• The UNC Press Holiday Sale is HERE!

  
  UNC Press Blog — Authority: 115
  The time has come for eggnog, candlelight, and the UNC Press Holiday Sale ! For the first time ever, ALL of our books are 20% off original prices , from now until December 31st. If you order by December 7th , you’ll even get FREE SHIPPING and guaranteed delivery by Christmas. There are many great titles that ...
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• Lesvos features high in HRC 2008 rarities report

  
  LESVOS | BIRDING | ?E?BO? — Authority: 110
  Juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper , Polichnitos Saltpans, 20 Sept 08. © Steve Dudley This first record for Lesvos and only the fourth record for Greece was found by Terry Robinson and was present for just one day. The Hellenic Rarities Committee has just published the Greek rarities report for 2008 . Among ...
  5 days ago

• Daybreak in Paradise - Pre-dawn musings of a fortunate fellow . . .

  
  Jekyll Island — Authority: 127
  By Ben PorterI rise before first light to witness another of God’s miraculous revelations, the beginning of a perfect new day in Paradise…Marsh Oaks, my beloved marsh-front hideaway beside the Julienton River on Harris Neck Island, is as close to Heaven as God will allow me to go in this life.Nestled deep among ...
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• The Bird, the Caterpillar, and a Mystery

  
  Birders Lounge — Authority: 408
  Yellow-rumped Warblers (Dendroica coronata) are everywhere around my house, and I’m having a great time watching them hop around the Hackberry (Celtis laevigata) trees and Wax Myrtle (Morella cerifera). Both of these trees have berries, but this “butterbutt” is after something else. Take a look at this series of ...
  5 days ago

• Eco-tourism Field Trips at the Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival

  
  Blog The Beach — Authority: 126
  Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.comBrevard County, Florida is chock full of nature preserves so it is a natural choice for eco-tourism.  Brevard has a wide variety of natural habitats, from submerged wetlands where waterbirds of all types are found, to dry oak scrub inhabited by Florida scrub jays.Chief among ...
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