Monthly Archives: May 2012
Adirondack Birding – The Barn Swallow
By Tom Kalinowski Coinciding with the onset of bug season in the Adirondacks is the return of our insect eating birds. While nearly all of these perching birds have an attractive musical call that announces their presence, most maintain a … Continue reading
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Who Put Those Dents In Back?
I have not blogged about my encounter with a Texas tree, which must have moved behind me as I backed up, but to make a long story short, I was in a hurry to get going from Falcon State Park. … Continue reading
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Chasing The White Bird
Yesterday morning I drove up to Berlin Pond, a favorite local birding site, and immediately noticed several larger birds moving with the Tree Swallows over the water. One was graceful, black-bodied, and flew down to the water seemingly to grab … Continue reading
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A Couple of Life Birds
Like many birders, I subscribe to listserves for areas where I plan to travel and “lurk” on them, checking out what others are reporting in the days and weeks prior to my arrival. Thus, I was reading MASSBIRDS prior to … Continue reading
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Snowy Owl — finally
As all birders know, Snowy Owls by the thousands have shown up across the northern tier of the U.S. I think I’m the only birder in Vermont who hadn’t seen one, until yesterday. We had some show up in Vermont … Continue reading
Southwest Trip Wrap-up
Now that we’ve been home a few weeks and are seeing spring birds in Vermont, it’s interesting to think back about some of the neat birds we saw this winter. I saw about 210 species with 25 new to me. … Continue reading
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