10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2023
I recently asked ChatGPT some questions about the best birding locations in the United States and the results were decidedly mixed. How many birders are there in the United States? # # # Query: What is birding? The ABA also plays a role in verifying and documenting rare bird sightings and maintaining birding records.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2013
A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State. I was also curious, as a birder of the northeast United States, to see what kind of avian changes have been going on in Pennsylvania.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 18, 2012
The Yellow-throated Warbler is a wood-warbler that breeds almost exclusively in the southeastern United States. In New York City we get them as migratory overshoots though they do stick around and attempt to find a mate on occasion (and there has been documented breeding of the species in the state).
10,000 Birds
JULY 7, 2015
Those eerie calls come from the Common Loon, the state bird of Minnesota. These black and white water birds are an annual summer presence on freshwater lakes throughout the northern United States and Canada, migrating to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in the winter. If you have never heard their unique songs, click here.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2023
The Great Egret was in breeding plumage and courtship posture–bright lime green lores, head bending down and then snapping up, long, impossibly delicate plumes waving over its body as if possessed by independent spirits. He has done an enormous amount of research, carefully documented the text, and produced a bibliography 13 pages long.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
What the Owl Knows is organized into nine chapters: introduction, adaptation (including vision and flight), research and researchers, vocalization, courtship and breeding, roosting and migration, cognition, and two chapters on owls and humans–captive owls (not zoos, educational owls) and owls in our cultural history.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2018
The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are home to some of the largest assemblages of breeding seabirds in the United States. On March 21, 2018, FWS released a 198-page document entitled “ Midway Seabird Protection Project — Draft Environmental Assessment.” There is also a website with additional information.
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