Total Bird-a-thon Species: 91 Though exhausted from a long, sleepless night, we pushed on into the morning, a virtual confetti of warblers, thrushes, flycatchers, and so much more. Basically, the bird-a-thon had the great fortune of occurring during a bird fallout. Moving beyond out immediate backyard, we decided to pedal to other parts of Scituate, …
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Mass Audubon Bird-a-thon: Midnight to Morning
Current Count: 46 species (own pics to come) Deeper into the night the thunder rumbled and the rain pelted the tent, which meant a temporary evacuation and eventually a switching of the guard. Unfortunately, I was the one to switch into the soaked tent. Still, I made due with a narrow band of dry patches …
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Beginner’s Tutorial on All About Bird Site
Following the backyard birding video we made earlier for kids and families, we have also made this tutorial on using the All About Bird site from Cornall Laboratory of Ornithology. A separate Merlin video will be coming later. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/7DyvaNHR8lQ
Beginner Family Backyard Birding with eBird – Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9bNWmE8EAA&feature=youtu.be The following is a video we created to help families start backyard birding with eBird. We hope it is helpful. Enjoy!
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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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 …
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 …
Big Day in Big Bend
Despite temperatures that reached 103 and exhaustion from the travels of the day before, we persevered an cracked the Family Big Year goal of 250. We weren’t sure at first. Birds don’t tend to be out in the middle of the day in such extreme heat. However, these are desert birds. Just like humans, they …
Texas, Here We Come
About two weeks ago, the family decided we would divide and conquer. Jackson and I would travel to Texas after his middle school graduation and Maura and Fiona would journey to Wyoming later in the year. Though this felt strange to not be together for these possibly momentous trips, it did make sense economically. Plus, …