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Do The Splits 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
The recent American Ornithological Union (AOU) decisions to split Sage Sparrow (RIP) into Sagebrush Sparrow and Bell’s Sparrow has the Birdosphere buzzing on everything from field marks, vocalizations...
An Insect Hatch at Kissena Corridor Park 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
One of my favorite birding spots is Kissena Corridor Park in Queens, New York. It is nearby, accessible, and loaded with birds. Not only that, but shortly after I moved to New York City in 2008 the Pa...
Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of August 2013) 26 Aug 2013 | 11:31 am
So was that really summer? I know that we in the Northern Hemisphere technically have almost another month of summer, but as August ends, so too does so much we associate with this hot and happy seaso...
Keep River National Park 25 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
We have just returned from a bush camping trip to the north of Broome that took us over the border. There are very few towns between Broome and the Northern Territory and the distances can be overwhel...
The Caroni Swamp Scarlet Ibis Show 24 Aug 2013 | 06:54 pm
If you are a birder and you visit Trinidad and Tobago you must go to the Caroni Swamp. Actually, scratch that. If you visit Trinidad and Tobago you must visit Caroni Swamp. Why? Because the Scarlet Ib...
Where Are You Birding This Last Weekend of August 2013? 23 Aug 2013 | 10:48 pm
Wouldn’t you love to watch the sun go down at Cristalino Jungle Lodge in Brazil? Weekends come and weekends go. Don’t let this one pass without doing something special for yourself (or someone else)....
Of Birds and Bigfoots 23 Aug 2013 | 10:08 pm
I’m currently reading Roger Real Drouin’s No Other Way for a future review on this site. The novel centers on a quest to find and save the Northern Stilted Curlew, an Eskimo Curlew analog with an unfo...
Wildlife and Life Celebrations 23 Aug 2013 | 04:17 pm
Recently a baby was born in North Carolina with Trisomy 13, a chromosomal abnormality so severe most carriers die at birth. As the baby survived days, weeks, and months, his parents created an entire ...
I and the Bird: What is a Grebe? 22 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
And now we enter into a family of birds more or less unknown to non-birders. Destined to be forever written off as ducks which which they share an affinity with water and little else, or maybe coots p...
Rock Partridges and Hollywood mandolins 22 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
I don’t like to wake up if it’s still dark outside – I hate it! And here I am on vacation in Greece, turning off the alarm at 5.30 am – too early, as it will turn out, but I had no clue when the sun r...
