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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2015
You are walking on a wooded path in Pennsylvania. No, you have not stumbled upon a WWI re-enactment, but a startled Ruffed Grouse , the state bird of Pennsylvania. They live in deciduous forests where they are found in Pennsylvania, and prefer early-successional forests.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
All of these titles deal with birding in specific North American geographic areas: The Atlantic coast, Pennsylvania, and Texas. The American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Pennsylvania by George L. Pennsylvania is one of the most heavily birded states in the U.S., It’s time for some short book reviews. by George L.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2013
So, when Corey and Mike asked if I wanted to review the Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania , I jumped at the chance to write about this unique type of scientific reference book. 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.
Reddit Animals
APRIL 29, 2022
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JANUARY 27, 2022
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JANUARY 22, 2022
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Here are a bunch of his Eastern phoebes and House wrens surrounding Audubon’s house in Mill Grove, Pennsylvania (“ever to me a blessed spot,” Audubon called it); it’s now an adjunct of the John James Audubon Center. Maybe that’s so because he worked entirely from life and not photographs, he says.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2020
Learn to read the signs, and you’ll be able to tell the time of year just by which species cross your path… I had the chance to observe some interesting avian activity along the lakeshore this weekend, but the Eastern Bluebirds down in rural Pennsylvania were most distinctively colorful, which counts for a lot with me.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
From 29 September through 1 October, the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philly, will host the third annual American Birding Expo. Optics companies, tour companies, birding festivals, publishers, and wide array of other exhibitors will be present.
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 21, 2012
Best Friends Pet Care is a leading national pet care company and offers boarding, daycare, grooming and training at 42 locations across 18 states, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2021
There are several states with 100-199 species: North Carolina (172, unchanged), Washington (171, up from 144), Michigan (159, unchanged), Virginia (147, up from 122), North Dakota (141, unchanged), Idaho (129, up from 57); New Mexico (112, unchanged); Massachusetts (110, up from 81); Colorado (106, unchanged), and Pennsylvania (109, up from 102).
10,000 Birds
MAY 16, 2021
The Philadelphia Metro Wildlife Center in Norristown covers four Pennsylvania counties (including Philadelphia) and takes in over 3000 animals a year. Here’s a can-you-top this tale of cutting down trees in the springtime.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 22, 2014
But the turkey vultures would certainly leave the places we saw them – Montana, North Dakota, Illinois and Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio and eventually New York – and head south.
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AUGUST 28, 2022
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
I’ll be heading down to rural Pennsylvania to try to spot some southbound migrants. But don’t look too far ahead if you live in the Northern Hemisphere… the dead of winter looms in the distance. Look up instead; you may just see lots of raptors. Corey will likely be doing the same in the NYC area. How about you?
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 5, 2018
I’m heading down to rural Pennsylvania this weekend to see what migrants might be turning up on the old farm. Argue all you wish about the Great Age of Exploration and exploitation of indigenous peoples. I’ll refrain from getting political for once and just go look at birds! How about you?
10,000 Birds
JULY 12, 2012
Growing up in western Pennsylvania, she explored nearby woodlands with her mother, a naturalist, who encouraged her daughter to observe all of nature, which ultimately led to Carson’s early stories about birds. Even as she wrote of birds, it seems that Rachel Carson loved the ocean and found it, even in the wide open sky over Pennsylvania.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 29, 2014
I’ll be taking a break from my labors to explore remote parts of Pennsylvania for anything resembling a migratory bird. While we used to honor the American Labor movement during this time, we’ve turned our collective focus from work to play and plenty of it. Hope you’re on board!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 11, 2015
I enjoyed a nice selection of sparrows and raptors in Pennsylvania farm country, with a pair of bold and noisy Red-shouldered Hawks taking the prize. A beautiful weekend for watching birds demands beautiful people watching birds. Were you out there?
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 5, 2012
On August 21st, Maryjane Angelo of Skye’s Spirit Wildlife Rehabilitation in Pennsylvania received a call from a man who said his nephew was standing in the middle of a rural road, guarding a Bald Eagle. The program was successful, and the number of Pennsylvania eagles climbed.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 18, 2011
If you have never been to Hawk Mountain , Pennsylvania during fall migration I would strongly recommend a visit. Pennsylvania Young Birders Many thanks to Nikon , Cabela’s and Hawk Mountain for making this event so special. I had once thought that there were WAY too few young birders coming through.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 2, 2016
I enjoyed autumnal splendor down in rural Pennsylvania at that perfect moment when lush green foliage begins to mix with brilliant red, orange, and gold. The month eases you in, docile as a lamb, but promises to bite you on the back end. Hope you took advantage of one of the more gentle weekends this month has to offer.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2022
Not all of them call but enough do to remind me of summer sojourns in places like Letchworth State Park , and the forests of the Niagara frontier and eastern Pennsylvania. In this part of country, every other post and branch in edge and forest gaps can seem to host an Eastern Wood-Pewee. Western Wood-Pewee.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
I’m only getting away for a night in rural Pennsylvania, but hope that the feeders at my mother-in-law’s place are buzzing with activity. Whether you’re home or away this weekend, reward yourself with some birds! Corey plans some modest birding in Queens while he packs for yet another amazing trip.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
From PETA's site: A new PETA undercover investigation inside a Land O'Lakes supplier facility in Pennsylvania has revealed routine neglect and cruelty to cows who are milked for the Fortune 250 company's products. Not a pretty picture.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2015
I’m headed down to rural Pennsylvania this weekend, hoping to chance upon a grouse or other bird of the hinterlands. Of the town closed as the town awoke. I fear that, were a paean to the tenth month be written today, the focus would not be on birds but rather pumpkin spice lattes!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 7, 2018
I enjoyed a very birdy weekend with all sorts of expected New York and Pennsylvania fall faves and one rare Wilson’s Phalarope to pad my year list. Anyone who didn’t spend this past weekend somewhere in the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere missed out!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2021
Yuengling & Son of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, as well as the latter-day craft beer forerunner, Samuel Adams Boston Lager from the Boston Brewing Company. Vienna lager brewed to even higher strength came to be known as Oktoberfest (or Märzen) and was for many years the most popular beer associated with that annual festival in Munich.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
Corey will be doing the same at an undisclosed location in Pennsylvania. I’ll be running around Rochester juggling an assortment of activities while keeping my eyes to the skies for migrants. How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Share your plans in the comments below.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2015
I took a family trip down to rural Pennsylvania, where I can always count on seeing an abundance of Eastern Kingbirds … and I did. The past week has been invigorating for Americans who support freedom, dignity, and equality. Hopefully you celebrated by enjoying some fine birds!
10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2014
Whether you’re a young’un (like the Pennsylvania Young Birders photographed by James , above) or an old’un, you’ve probably got a story to share. It was also present when the super-rare-for-the-U.S. Amazon Kingfisher and Eurasian Sparrowhawk were sighted, and when Neil Hayward set a new Big Year record. So what are you waiting for?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2011
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives, in all of its infinite wisdom, has shot down a bill to ban “pigeon shoots” which consist of live pigeons being released from cages directly in front of men with shotguns. Sickos and poor shots, rejoice!
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
You’ll have your chance three weekends from now, 15-16 October, at the Extreme Raptor Weekend in Hamburg, Pennsylvania. Or Mike Freiberg , beat writer on 10,000 Birds and Nikon Birding Marker Specialist ? Yeah, me too! Want to know more? Check out the video below… Sounds great, no?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2013
They’re better predictors than that more famous overgrown rat in Pennsylvania, bob-bob-bobbing along with the first warm winds to begin caroling from our maples and stalking our lawns. It’s not really spring until the American Robins return, they say. We birders know better, of course. Love robins?
Critter News
MARCH 15, 2009
Here's a PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania with an interesting post about the same issue, wondering how much we really need to experiment on chimps. He is the assistant vice president for research communications in the Office of University Relations. Here's his post about it.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2017
I’m not sure the cidermakers of Wyndridge Farm Cidery of Dallastown, Pennsylvania had any of this in mind when they chose a Cedar Waxwing to adorn the label of their Wyndridge Crafty Cranberry Hard Apple Cider.
10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2021
At 8, everything was far away, distant, and foreign, even Pennsylvania. We were going to make the long drive to far away Pennsylvania and stay in the cabin for a few precious, amazing days. They were waiting in the wild places but how could I get there? Fred talked to us now and then about the wild and wooded state.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 10, 2021
All of those birds also fly to and from the woods of Pennsylvania to parts of the Amazon rainforest and back. Many Red-eyed Vireos have seen Harpy Eagles , have kept still upon hearing the haunting calls of forest-falcons. The same can be said of Scarlet Tanagers, Canada Warblers and Eastern Wood-Pewees. Literally in the millions.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
Hornaday, once director of the New York Zoological Garden, wrote that a naturalist in a county of northern Pennsylvania claimed to have fed a flock of 300 pigeons during the autumn of about 1903. Another nature lover of central Pennsylvania, John H. He claims to have watched the bird for about twenty minutes. Tice (July 2001).
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
We’re heading down on Saturday to northwestern Pennsylvania, a land that winter relinquishes unwillingly and late. Make no mistake, areas like mine have plenty of cold and snow still in store for the next month or two. But wherever you live, you’ve surely seen signs of the next season as well.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 28, 2011
So you can imagine my pleasure, then, when I spotted one skulking in some thick brush last week when I was exploring the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the first time last week. I got my digiscoping rig set up and waited. And waited. And waited.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2016
I’m headed down to rural Pennsylvania, where fun birds and dark skies no doubt await. Yes, real summer doesn’t begin for another three weeks yet, but when weather heats up and non-breeding birds become increasingly scarce, spring is over! How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2021
Beth McMaster, a wildlife rehabilitator with Wildbird Recovery in Western Pennsylvania, says the first time a crew arrived she threatened to chain herself to one of her trees. You can also report it to your state Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Environmental Protection, or Fish and Game. 5) Display attitude.
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