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Bird Count Escape – Week 1
For the next 3-4 weeks, while the world is on hold, we will keep a daily count of the birds we see while escaping the confines of walls. Great highlights include Short-Eared Owl, Ruddy Duck, Sandhill Crane, Pectoral Sandpiper, Pine Warbler, Pacific Loon, Eastern Phoebe, Wilson's Snipe, and 600+ Brant. Total Species: 67 Locations: Minot …
Super Bowl of Birding – Dawn at Ipswich River
Part 1 - January 25 More than an hour before dawn, while packing in the darkness for the upcoming twelve-hour Super Bowl of Birding, a familiar whinny stretched thinly from the invisible trees. It was the first Eastern Screech Owl of the year! And though I ran in to tell the others, I also knew …
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New Year, New Adventures, New Perspectives
A little over a month ago marked the end of our first Family Big Year. That year ended with a smaller flurry of activity than we had anticipated probably because the Big Year exceeded all expectations, including finding the Pink-Footed Goose early in November. We had originally dreamed that we would be driving and hiking …
Caves, Vultures . . . or Condors
Pinnacles National Park, California, Late August After spending three days in the Monterey area -- visiting the splendor of Big Sur, birding at the state parks and beaches of Point Lobos, Zmudowski, and Moss Landing, and just hanging around a bonfire on the beach – it was time for our long drive to Palm Springs …
August Birthday in the Farallon Islands
Jackson and I woke up by sunrise of his fourteenth birthday with a relatively light fog over San Francisco Bay. Today was to be one of the highlights of our California trip, a six-hour excursion to the Farallon Islands, almost 30 miles out into the ocean. Among the birds we hoped to see were the …
The Pink-Footed Goose Window
While out birding in the North Shore of Massachusetts in late October, an alert opened a window that everyone wanted to jump into right away. Everyone that is, but me. I was hesitant. Eight hours was a long way to drive in one night, only to return later the following night. All to see one …
Stay Tuned!
Due to being back in school, we have a lot of adventures and bird experiences to catch up on. These include the following. Birding Water Treatment PlantsThe Farallon IslandsCalifornia Condors & SpelunkingJoshua TreeSea WatchStorm at Race PointFinding the Pink-Footed Gooseand more . . . Pink-Footed Goose Leading the Way
The Competitive Birding Circuit
We all piled into the car Friday night and camped in Greenfield State Park so we could start our quest for the First Annual Monadnock Area Birding Cup. Bruce got up at 4:00 am to get a fire started and woke the rest of us up at 4:55 so w'd be ready to listen for …
Daily Bird Count – Week of 7/22/19
Observations occurred mostly throughout Scituate or at the Manomet Mini Bio-Blitz (wide array of plants and wildlife recorded) and the Hingham Harbor Islands (amazing rookery). NOTE: Large amounts of shorebirds seem to be migrating into the area. Monday, 7/22/19 American Crow Blue Jay Cardinal Tufted Titmouse Song Sparrow Chipping Sparrow American Robin Gray Catbird Wood …
The Year of the Green Kingfisher 