Monthly Archives: September 2011
Whooping Crane Winter Refuge Threatened
One of our favorite birding spots is the Gulf Coast region of Texas – we have visited there the last two winters. The long drought has not only parched crops and resulted in horrific wildfires, it as also threatened the … Continue reading
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Birding with Joppa Flats Education Center
Today, I took part in one of the Wednesday morning birding events from the Joppa Flats Education Center in Newburyport, MA. There’s a faithful core of birders who have been doing this for years but each week, many others attend … Continue reading
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Traveling to Mosquitoville
The trip down our driveway (see last post) without swaybars as uneventful and the Airstream’s back bumper did not dig into the road and the bottom dip as it usually does (thanks for the tip, brother Barry). We navigated through … Continue reading
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Sounds of Fall
Just as the morning fog lifted, I headed out of the house into the woods on my first dog walk and no sooner had I got started, when the “Peabody, Peabody, Peabody” call of a White-throated Sparrow, rang out through … Continue reading
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Getting Ready
The grass is growing up between the wheels of the Airstream and there are cobwebs under the back bumper. The trailer has sat in the yard for a couple of months, surviving Hurricane Irene, and now we’re ready to take … Continue reading
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Life Bird #300 — Swainson’s Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush (photo credit below) For the last several weeks, I’ve had sort of a running joke with Chip, the director of the North Branch Nature Center, about the birds he sees while scouting and reports — that we don’t … Continue reading
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Not Just Chickadees
The dog wants a walk (what’s new?) and it’s a humid fall Vermont afternoon so why not — perhaps we’ll see some birds in our woods. So off we go, the Vizsla running here and there as I look and … Continue reading
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I Brake for Birds
Hey, I dove for that fish as well After a nice two hours of birding at North Branch Nature Center with a nice selection of warblers and the usual suspects, and intermittent showers, I drove downtown to get the paper. … Continue reading
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Texas Century Club
Last winter, while on a bird walk in Falcon State Park in Texas, I met a guy who was participating in the Texas Century Club, where birders try to identify 100 birds in 100 Texas counties. He was well underway, … Continue reading
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Birding Basics – No. 10: On Buying Binoculars
“It is a monumental decision in the life of any birdwatcher. At stake is nothing less than the pleasure you Green Jay by Dick Mansfield get in the company of birds. So here is some wisdom on buying and using binoculars. … Continue reading
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