article thumbnail

Birding and Butterflying North Carolina Gamelands

10,000 Birds

Still, we are in the midst of spring migration here in North Carolina, and I wasn’t going to let a little cold stop me from seeing some birds. Wayne Bailey-Caswell Game Land a little past 2 p.m. Exploring North Carolina gamelands. Trips butterflies migration North Carolina prairie warbler'

article thumbnail

New Games for a New Year

10,000 Birds

I love birding games. Way back last year, a whole two weeks ago, a sudden influx of Ross’s Geese in central North Carolina led to an unofficial competition between myself and some birders in the Raleigh-Durham Area. Well, that’s yet to be determined, but bragging rights would appear to be a significant motivator.

Game 186
article thumbnail

The Catbird Seat

10,000 Birds

Where I grew up in Missouri, Catbirds were present, but not in the same density that I find here in North Carolina. &# when a whining mew pierces the relative silence of the screen-door spring evenings, though my infatuation with Catbirds pre-dates his arrival.

St. Louis 206