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• 2 more Audubons

  
  nature calling — Authority: 109
  • my favorite Audubons: Fish hawk , (today, Osprey) This is just a magnificent portrait of an osprey. Love it! Watching an osprey dive into the water after a fish is one of the most dramatic acts youll ever witness in nature. SPLASH! Ive seen it often. Power ...
  4 days ago

• 3 more Audubons

  
  nature calling — Authority: 109
  • my favorite Audubons: Carolina parrot , (today, Carolina parakeet) If yesterdays whooping crane almost went extinct, this one surely did . The last documented Carolina parakeet died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1918. But in Aududons day they existed in great flocks. ...
  5 days ago

• 4 more Audubons

  
  nature calling — Authority: 109
  • my favorite Audubons: Hooping Crane , (today, whooping crane) Probably never very plentiful even in Audubons day, whooping crane populations are making a slow comeback due to extensive conservation efforts. In the late 1940s, only about 20 still existed, today theres just ...
  6 days ago

• 1/23/12: AR River Valley Audubon Society Monthly Meeting

  
  GreenAR by the Day — Authority: 111
  Join Arkansas River Valley Audubon Society for its monthly meeting, Monday, October 24, 2011, at 7 p.m. at Faulkner County Library (1900 Tyler Street) in Conway. Dr. K.C. Larson, a territorial ecologist with the University of Central Arkansas, will present a program titled, “Why Native Plants in Our Landscape.” ...
  1 week ago

• Audubon Heating Replacement Checklist: What You Should Consider Before Upgrading

  
  Cool It Heating & Air Conditioning | Delaware & Chester County, PA Heating & Air Conditioning — Authority: 103
  Many Audubon homeowners who heat their homes with an older heating system —whether it’s a furnace, boiler, or heat pump—may want to consider upgrading to a more efficient system. Older furnaces with an AFUE rating of less than 80%, for instance, could be costing you a lot more than you realize in heating ...
  1 week ago

• 6 more Audubons

  
  nature calling — Authority: 109
  •   ....my favorite Audubons: Nuttalls short-billed marsh wren , (today, sedge wren) What the heck. I still have a few more favorite Audubons I want to share. In the case of the sedge wren, what a beautifully constructed nest. Audubon writes:  "The nest of the Short-billed Marsh Wren ...
  1 week ago

• 1 day until Audubon

  
  nature calling — Authority: 109
  • ....my favorite Audubons: Blue heron , (today, great blue heron) A single Havell engraved, hand water-colored great blue heron print from the first edition can sell for $100,000. Audubon found this species widespread throughout the East. He writes:  "The manners of this Heron are ...
  1 week ago

• Gone Hog Wild!

  
  Audubon South Carolina — Authority: 97
  Actually, they are Wild Pigs ( Sus scrofa ), but either label congers images of a mess.  Wild pigs are in Four Holes Swamp and have begun to frequent the area around of the boardwalk.  We have noted the negative effects of this issue before in this blog and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources ...
  1 week ago

• 2 days until Audubon

  
  nature calling — Authority: 109
  • my favorite Audubons: Florida jay , (today, scrub jay) This species is becoming scarce in the Sunshine State because of habitat loss. I have seen only one Florida scrub jay in my life, along a railroad track at the back of Oscar Scherer State Park south of Sarasota . Audubon writes:  ...
  1 week ago

• Birds

  
  Blogging Monique Renae — Authority: 79
  I had such a fun day today!!! I am not a fan of birds whatsoever but I decided to suck it up and go to Parakeet Point at the NOLA aquarium. The birds are free roaming and land on your head, arm, back, ass…. you name it. I was beyond freaked out!!  
  1 week ago

• Bird Houses

  
  My Birds Blog — Authority: 108
  Colorful Bird Houses , a photo by Honest Abe Lincoln on Flickr. I no longer have any of these bird houses. I did buy one from Audubon and paid a pretty penny for it. It was a put together kit. I opened the box and took out all the parts and used them as a template to trace around and make a lot of new parts to ...
  1 week ago

• 3 days until Audubon

  
  nature calling — Authority: 109
  • my favorite Audubons: Barn swallow Audubon writes: "The nest is attached to the side of a beam or rafter in a barn or shed, under a bridge, or sometimes even in an old well, or in a sink hole, such as those found in the Kentucky barrens. Whenever the situation is ...
  1 week ago

• 4 days until Audubon

  
  nature calling — Authority: 109
  • my favorite Audubons: Snowy heron (today, snowy egret) In my book Ghost Birds, I write about snowy egrets. By the early 1900s, like the roseate spoonbill, they were almost lost due to plume-hunting. E.A. McIlhenny, the heir to, of all things, the Tabasco ...
  2 weeks ago

• GVAS Big Year 2012

  
  Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.com — Authority: 132
  Join the Fun! Did you see the movie “The Big Year” released this fall? Or maybe you attended our October program “Extreme Birder” with Lynn E. Barber. Both are about people traveling the country in attempts to see rare birds and counting as many different species as they can see in one year. The GVAS Board ...
  2 weeks ago

• GVAS in search of a Board Member and President.

  
  Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.com — Authority: 132
  The Board of Genesee Valley Audubon Society is looking for one new board member who is willing to take on a lot: we want a new President. We are prepared to send you to the Chapter Leadership Camp on Hog Island, August 26 – 31. We need someone who is prepared to be President for two years, someone to help us inspire ...
  2 weeks ago

• Info: Starved Rock Bald Eagle Watch 2012

  
  Magnificent Frigatebird — Authority: 106
  The annual Bald Eagle Watch at Starved Rock State Park is coming up later this month. You can find the details on the Illinois Audubon Society site, or read on. Bald Eagle Watch Weekend 2012 Dates: January 28-29 Location: Starved Rock Lodge and Illinois Waterway Visitor Center Admission: Free Events include live ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Day in the Park

  
  TravelingMermaid — Authority: 101
  St. Charles streetcar from Audubon Park "Leaving New Orleans also frightened me considerably. Outside of the city limits the heart of darkness, the true wasteland begins." -Ignatius J. Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces
  2 weeks ago

• Snowy Owl — John James Audubon

  
  biblioklept — Authority: 588
  Tagged: Art , Audubon , Naturalism , ornithology , owls
  2 weeks ago

• 1/13/12: Hot Springs Village Audubon Society Monthly Meeting

  
  GreenAR by the Day — Authority: 111
  Join the Hot Spings Village Audubon Society for its monthly meeting, tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Coronado Center in Hot Springs Village. Jerry Davis, Certified Wildlife Biologist, will give a presentation titled, “Birds, Native Plants, and Insects.” Jerry was the Forest Wildlife Program Manager for Ouachita National ...
  2 weeks ago

• 1/12/12: Garland County Audubon Society Monthly Meeting

  
  GreenAR by the Day — Authority: 111
  Join Garland County Audubon Society for its monthly meeting, tonight at 7 p.m. at Westminister Presbyterian Church (3819 Central Avenue) in Hot Springs. For more information about the meeting, visit: www.gcasbirds.org .
  2 weeks ago

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