Category Archives: Life list
What Sparked My Interest in Birding
It wasn’t until I was turning 70 that I got seriously hooked on birding. I had dabbled in it and enjoyed watching birds in our woods but never kept lists or owned any decent binoculars until late 2009 when I … Continue reading
Pine Grosbeaks – finally
As I have noted before, a Canadian ornithologist, Ron Pittaway, each year issues a Winter Finch Forecast. He notes that there is a “widespread tree seed crop failure in the Northeast” this year. It looks like a good year for winter … Continue reading
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Birding by the Dredging Containment Site
I’ve been birding in Maryland for a few days with my grandson, Dane, and seeing a nice array of mid-Atlantic birds. Today, we drove up to the Swan Creek/Cox Creek Impoundment area outside of Baltimore to look for a Red … 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
A Great Day in Texas
Mary and I loaded up Penny and left early for some back road birding north of Rockport. We started tallying gulls and “telephone line” birds and soon were on a Farm-to-Market road heading toward the hamlet of Bayside. These “farm … Continue reading
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A Great Birding Outing
Yesterday, Mary and I loaded up Penny and left early for some back road birding north of Rockport. We started tallying gulls and “telephone line” birds and soon were on a Farm-to-Market road heading toward the hamlet of Bayside. These … 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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Life Birds on this trip
To date, I have added 35 birds to my list and missed a number of others. All except one were in Texas. I haven’t gone out of the way for any rarities but just logged stuff I’ve seen. It’s an … Continue reading
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